Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks during a rally commemorating the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution that toppled the late pro-US Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and brought Islamic clerics to power, in Tehran, Feb. 10, 2025. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)
Pezeshkian also accused Israel and its allies of failing to achieve their objectives, claiming they violated international law by targeting civilian infrastructure, including schools and hospitals. He pointed to statements about destroying Iran’s culture and “returning it to the Stone Age” as evidence of what he described as the attackers’ true intentions.
