Iran president vows more severe response if “Israeli” strikes persist

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian warned on Saturday that there would be a "more severe and powerful response" if “Israel” continued to strike his country.

"The continuation of Zionist aggression will be met with a more severe and powerful response from the Iranian armed forces," Pezeshkian said in a phone call with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, according to the Iranian presidency.

He criticised what he described as the United States' "dishonesty" for supporting “Israel” while Washington and Tehran were engaged in nuclear talks.

"The Zionist regime's coordination with the United States in its aggression against Iranian territory in the midst of negotiations is a sign of America's dishonesty and unreliability," Pezeshkian said also said in the phone call.