Ismail Baqai, spokesperson of the Foreign Ministry of the Islamic Republic, called the GCC Secretary-General’s request for compensation from Iran baseless on Sunday, 24 Aban, and said Tehran will seriously pursue compensation from regional countries.

Baqai said: Support from regional countries for the government of Saddam Hussein in the war with Iran has not been forgotten, and some of these countries provided Iraq with hundreds of billions of dollars in financial, armament, and military aid.

He also said that regional countries participated in attacks by providing their airspace, waters, and territory to the enemy, and the Islamic Republic has documented their role.

Baqai emphasized that the Islamic Republic’s military actions were not against neighboring countries, but rather, under Article 51 of the UN Charter, they were defensive and against the source of attacks on Iran.