Iranian foreign minister decries Israel’s ‘illegal and cowardly’ attack

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has condemned Israel’s “cowardly” overnight attack on his country, in a phone call with his Kuwaiti counterpart, according to multiple media sources. 

“The Islamic Republic of Iran, with full determination, will take action to defend its sovereignty, people and national security, and will respond decisively to the Zionist regime’s illegal and cowardly aggression,” Araghchi told Kuwait’s Abdullah Ali al-Yahya, according to a statement from the Iranian foreign ministry.