{"id":51411,"date":"2026-02-20T07:02:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T12:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=51411"},"modified":"2026-02-20T07:02:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T12:02:22","slug":"iran-tells-un-chief-that-all-mideast-assets-of-hostile-force-are-fair-game-if-us-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=51411","title":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Iran tells UN chief that all Mideast assets of \u2018hostile force\u2019 are fair game if US attacks<\/b><\/h2>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-51412\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-20-at-7.01.00-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"585\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-20-at-7.01.00-AM.png 585w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-20-at-7.01.00-AM-300x203.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Iran tells UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres that Tehran will consider bases, facilities and assets of the \u201chostile force\u201d in the region as legitimate targets if it faces military aggression.<\/p>\n<p>US President Donald Trump\u2019s rhetoric toward Iran \u201csignals a real risk of military aggression,\u201d Iran\u2019s permanent mission to the United Nations says in the letter, adding Iran does not want a war.<\/p>\n<p>Iran will respond \u201cdecisively\u201d if subjected to military aggression, the letter says.<\/p>\n<p>____<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/liveblog_entry\/iran-tells-un-chief-that-all-mideast-assets-of-hostile-force-are-fair-game-if-its-attacked\/\">https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/liveblog_entry\/iran-tells-un-chief-that-all-mideast-assets-of-hostile-force-are-fair-game-if-its-attacked\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=51411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51411\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}