Iran Says It Will 'Neither Delay Nor Rush' Response to Israel's Strikes

Iran's foreign minister stressed Tuesday his country will neir "delay r rush" its response to Israel's first-ever open attack on his country.

Abbas Araghchi vowed Israel will face consequences for attack during a meeting with foreign diplomats in Tehran.

" Israeli regime will face consequences of its miscalculation about Iran's power, capability and willpower of Islamic Republic of Iran," he said.

Israel attacked military targets in Iran with pre-dawn airstrikes Saturday in retaliation for barr of ballistic missiles Islamic Republic fired on Israel earlier this month.

Israeli military said its aircraft targeted facilities that Iran used to make missiles fired at Israel as well as surface-to-air missile sites.

attack damd facilities at a secretive military base souast of Iranian capital that experts in past have linked to Tehran’s onetime nuclear weapons program and at ar base tied to its ballistic missile program, satellite photos analyzed Sunday by Associated Press show.

However, Araghchi said attack only caused "limited dam".

"Lmited dam was caused to some of points hit (by Israel), and necessary measures were taken immediately to restore damd equipment to operational state," he said.

Araghchi also insisted that Iran is t seeking conflict or war, but rar stability and peace.