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Tehran's warning to Riyadh came through a phone call between the two countries' foreign ministers.
Iran's foreign minister stated that any aggression by the United States or Israel will draw a decisive response, and that regional states participating in such actions face the same terms.
The minister published his account of the call on Telegram. Scope of the warning The stated threshold covers two distinct tracks. Direct military action by the United States or Israel against Iran falls within it.
So does the participation of regional countries in any such action. The formulation places neighboring states explicitly within the conditions Iran has named, extending the warning beyond the two powers cited.
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