Speaking to ANI on Sunday, Waghmar said the conflict "did not start with Operation Epic Fury yesterday in the early hours of Tehran. It started, if you must, 47 years ago with the inception of the Islamic Republic from February 1979."
Iran's Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi and the Foreign Ministry issued statements vowing resilience following the killing of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Meanwhile, massive, sometimes violent protests erupted across Iran, Iraq, India, and Pakistan, with demonstrator