Iran slams US strikes on nuclear sites

Teheran warns Washington over attacks as it asserts right to self-defense

Editor's note: As the United States launched attacks on three nuclear sites in Iran over the weekend, this page examines the escalating Middle East crisis despite renewed diplomatic efforts by relevant parties, and the potential economic ripple effects that threaten regional stability and global markets.

Strongly condemning the United States' "brutal military aggression" against Iran's peaceful nuclear facilities on Sunday, Iran emphasized its right and will to defend itself and struck Israel with new missiles.

The US is joining Israel in its attacks on Iran "to its own detriment", Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has warned.