Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Saturday that his compatriots had given their “blood” during a 12-day war with Israel but “not honour”, as Iran held a state funeral.
“Iranians gave blood, not land; gave their loved ones, not honour; they withstood a thousand-ton rain of bombs, but did not surrender,” Abbas Araghchi said on his Instagram account, adding that Iran does not recognise the word “surrender”.
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