India, March 8 -- Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Sunday that Tehran stands firm against anyone who attacks the country and that it "will respond with power", a day after apologising to its neighbours but maintaining it considers "facilities that are the origin and source of aggressive actions" against Iran "legitimate targets".

The statement comes amid the ongoing US and Israel's war on Iran, which began on February 28 with Washington and Tel Aviv's joint strikes, killing the country's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and several other top officials. Since then, the war has engulfed the entire region, with Iran retaliating by targeting US and Israeli assets and bases in the entire West Asia.

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