Smoke and fire rise from the site of airstrikes at Mehrabad International Airport in Tehran on March 7, 2026. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP via Getty Images)
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Iran’s president said on Saturday his country does not intend to attack others and apologized to neighbors in the Gulf after a week of retaliatory strikes as the U.S. and Israel maintained their military pressure on Tehran.
But Masoud Pezeshkian said the U.S. can “take their dreams to the grave; we will not surrender unconditionally.” Pezeshkian made the statement via Iran’s national news agency’s Telegram social media channel.
“I apologize to the neighboring countries,” Pezeshkian said. “We do not…