Hyderabad, March 4 -- On February 28, on the eve of Nowruz and on the 10thday of the holy month of Ramzan, the United States and the Zionist regime, in a gross violation of Iran's territorial integrity and national sovereignty, attacked a series of targets, assassinating the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, along with his family members, chief military commanders and civilians in various cities of our country - a blatant violation of Iran's national sovereignty and territorial integrity.

The US and Israeli regime's airstrikes constitute a clear breach of Article 2, Paragraph 4 of the UN Charter and represent an unmistakable act of armed aggression against the Islamic Republic of Iran.

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