New Delhi, March 7 -- Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian on Saturday (local time) apologised to the Gulf countries, saying that Tehran would stop striking its Arab neighbours, unless any attacks on Iran originated from those countries, Iran International reported.

In a video message released Saturday, Pezeshkian said, "The temporary leadership council approved yesterday that neighbouring countries should no longer be targeted and missiles should not be fired unless an attack on Iran originates from those countries."

He went on to say that the armed forces so far had acted with a kind of 'fire at will' authority; however, they have now been notified that they must not attack neighbouring countries or target them with missiles.

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