Tehran, March 2 -- In a significant video address, Ayatollah Alireza Arafi has made his inaugural public appearance as a member of Iran's newly formed interim leadership council, delivering a stern rebuke of Western military actions, according to Al Arabiya.

Ayatollah Alireza Arafi was appointed jurist member of Iran's interim Leadership Council on Sunday, following the killing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Speaking from a televised podium, Arafi addressed the nation and the international community regarding the recent escalations.

"The United States and the Zionist regime have based an improper, incorrect and unjust action on a mistaken calculation," Arafi stated in the address.

Following this high-level rhetoric, the situ...