Pezeshkian says Europe backtracked on snapback deal after talks with US

“National security and interests are Iran’s red line, and no foreign interference in the country’s defense power is acceptable,” said defense ministry spokesman Reza Talaeinik.

“Any form of intervention by foreign powers in determining the country’s missile capabilities in line with its defense needs will not be tolerated,” he added, amid reports that limiting the range of Iran’s ballistic missiles has been among Western demands in negotiations with Tehran.

The Islamic Republic does not accept pressure or threats from the United States and European countries, said Hamidreza Haji Babaei, deputy speaker of Iran's parliament on Saturday.

"The US and three European states blocked the path of diplomacy through force and unilateralism.”

The Islamic Republic, he said, "would continue its determined path,” including cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency and what he called the "legal enrichment of uranium."

A Tehran MP called for expelling the ambassadors of Britain, France and Germany after those countries backed activating the snapback mechanism.

“The foreign ministry should have expelled the ambassadors of Britain, France and Germany,” Hamid Rasaei wrote on X.

“FM Araghchi equated the snapback with a military attack; would you allow the ambassadors of countries that attacked us to remain in the country?” he added.

Any external involvement in determining the country’s missile capabilities is unacceptable, state media quoted Reza Talaeinik, spokesperson for Iran’s Defense Ministry, as saying on Saturday.

“National security and interests are our red line, and no foreign interference in the country’s defensive power is acceptable,” Talaeinik said.

“No foreign power has any grounds to intervene in setting Iran’s missile capabilities in line with its defensive needs.”

Israel is unlikely to launch another strike on Iran but any new attack would be met with a strong response, Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, said.

“We are prepared for all contingencies but I do not think the Israelis will act recklessly; if they attack Iran, we will respond firmly,” Larijani said in Beirut on Saturday during memorial events for Hassan Nasrallah.

The comments coincided with heightened regional tensions following the UN Security Council’s snapback decision.