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Senior Iran official: Biden and Bennett's threats on Tehran are illegal

Ali Shimkhani, secretary of Iran's National Security Council, claimed that the US president had illegally threatened Iran during the talks with the White House, saying that if the diplomatic option failed, "we will consider other options."

"Establishes Iran's right to reciprocity," he wrote in Hebrew

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Saturday, 28 August 2021, 11:05 Updated: 11:16

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A senior Iranian official today (Saturday) accused US President Joe Biden of illegally threatening Iran when he said that if the diplomatic option failed, "we will consider other options."

"The first meeting between Bennett and Biden, and the emphasis on the use of 'other options' against Iran, while being an illegal threat to another country, establishes Iran's right to reciprocal response to 'available options'," Ali Shimkhani, secretary of the Supreme Council, wrote on Twitter. For Iran's national security.

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During Bennett and Biden's meeting last night at the White House, the two made a joint statement to the media.

"We put diplomacy first, but if it fails we will consider other options," Biden said of the situation with Iran.

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