BEIRUT (Dispatches) -- Parliament speaker Muhammad Bagher Ghalibaf says Iran will retaliate against the countries that allow their territories to be used for potential attacks against the Islamic Republic.
“We have said time and again that the airspace and soil of the neighboring countries should not be used for attacks against our country,” he told Al-Mayadeen television during a visit to Lebanon.
He said Iran is certain that its neighbors will take this matter into consideration in the same way that they have not allowed their territories to be used against the Islamic Republic in the past.
“We enjoy peaceful relations with all the countries of the region,” he said. 
 However, should a country’s territory be used for aggression against the Islamic Republic, “our response will be clear and natural. Because we will retaliate against any location, from which an attack against Iran is launched,” he added.
“We have said repeatedly that we do not want to expand the war, but will surely respond powerfully and appropriately to any attack against our country.”
The top legislator also commented on Iran’s Operation True Promise II, which saw the Islamic Republic fire 200 ballistic missiles towards sensitive military and intelligence targets across the occupied Palestinian territories on October 1.
“In that operation, our response was of a military nature, since we only targeted the Israeli regime’s military, intelligence, and security bases,” he said.
Addressing the issue of his trip to Lebanon amid ongoing Israeli aggression against the country, Ghalibaf said, “We are not afraid of the enemy, and have conducted this trip in line with the international laws.”
The speaker reaffirmed the Islamic Republic’s continued support for the oppressed Lebanese and Palestinian people in the face of Israeli atrocities.
He said the country’s support includes contribution towards reconstruction of the infrastructures and areas that have suffered damage as a result of the atrocities.