India, March 7 -- After US President Donald Trump interpreted Iran's apology to its neighbours over the widening of the conflict as a mark of "defeat", Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian's office reasserted a caveat on Saturday: "If countries in the region do not cooperate in the US attack on Iran, we will not attack them."

Many countries in West Asia/Middle East, including the UAE and Qatar, have US military bases that Iran has been targeting, leading to damage within cities too.

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The deputy head of Pezeshkian's office said the President's message was "clear".

"Iran will never submit to coercion. Our powerful armed forces will give a decisive response to any aggression from US bases in ...