Speaking at an event, he said, "NATO wasn’t there for us. We send billions of dollars to them every year to protect them. We would have always been there for them. But based on their actions, I guess we don’t have to be, do we? Why would we be there for them if they’re not there for us?"
Earlier, a spokesperson for IRGC’s Khatam al-Anbiya headquarters said Iranian forces targeted a US military support vessel “at a considerable distance from the port of Salalah in Oman”.
In a statement carried by the semiofficial Tasnim news agency, it added: “As we previously announced, the national sovereignty of the brotherly and friendly country of Oman is respected by the Islamic Republic of Iran.”
If regional countries desire security they must not aid Iran's attackers: Pezeshkian
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian warned on Saturday that if regional neighbours desired "development and security", they should not allow "enemies to run the war " from their territory.
In a post on X, he said:"We have said many times that Iran doesn't carry out preemptive attacks, but we will retaliate strongly if our infrastructure or economic centers are targeted."
"To the countries of the region: If you want development and security, don't let our enemies run the war from your lands."
His comments come amid US-Israeli strikes on Iran, as at least five people were killed and seven injured after a US-Israeli attack on a residential unit in Iran's northwestern city of Zanjan early Saturday.
Iran has retaliated against US bases in the region, as Al Jazeera reports that Bahrain’s military has said it has so far intercepted and destroyed 174 Iranian missiles and 385 drones since the beginning of the US-Israeli war.
Yemen’s Houthi rebels have claimed responsibility for their first missile attack on Israel since the US-Israel war on Iran began.
Brigadier-General Yahya Saree, military spokesman for the Houthis, issued the claim in a statement aired on Saturday by the Al-Masirah satellite television, according to Al Jazeera.
Earlier, the force had said that their "fingers were on the trigger" for direct military intervention if attacks on Iran and its proxies continued.
The Israeli military said it intercepted the missile near Beer Sheba, in southern occupied Palestine, as sirens went off in the area and the area near the Israeli regime's main nuclear research centre for the third time overnight Friday into Saturday. No injuries have been reported, according to Al Jazeera.
Around 10 US service members were injured in an Iranian attack on Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia on Saturday, according to a US official speaking to CNN.
At least two of the injured had shrapnel wounds considered non-life-threatening, and others were “impacted,” though the nature of what happened to them was not immediately clear, another US official said.A refuelling aircraft was also damaged, the first source said.
According to Al Jazeera, the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, a group of Iran‑backed armed factions, attacked "several" air bases and an airport in Jordan, according to the Iraqi news outlet Sabereen.
The attack comes as Israel said it was attacking Tehran and "defending" against missiles fired from Iran on Saturday, after Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the US expected to conclude military operations within weeks, not months.
Iranian retaliation on an air base in Saudi Arabia wounded 12 US military personnel, two seriously, a US official told Reuters on Friday, as drones and missiles continued to strike US bases around the Gulf.
A month after the US and Israel launched strikes on Iran, the war has spread across the Middle East, killing thousands of civilians, mostly in Iran and Lebanon, and causing the biggest disruption ever to energy supplies, hitting the global economy and fuelling inflation fears.
Additionally, Kuwait International Airport was targeted by multiple drone attacks that caused significant damage to its radar system but resulted in no casualties, state news agency KUNA said on Saturday, citing the country's Civil Aviation Authority.
Separately, a worker was injured in a drone attack on Oman's Salalah port while a crane suffered limited damage, Oman's government said on Saturday, according to Reuters.
In an Israeli strike on Isfahan in central Iran on Friday, 26 people were killed, including seven children and seven women, according to Press TV.
According to Al Arabiya, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov\ and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi have discussed the possibility of a diplomatic settlement in the Iran war, according to Lavrov’s ministry.
Drop Site News reports that Beirut's southern suburbs have been struck again on Saturday. Israel is pushing its ground invasion from three different fronts; however, Al Jazeera reports it is facing "fierce resistance" from Hezbollah fighters.
Turkish Foreign Minister speaks at STRATCOM summit
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan condemns Israeli aggression against Iran, saying that unlawful strikes against Iran have "pushed the region to the brink of wider war, triggered by relentless Israeli escalation," according to TRT World.
"We reject any scenario that drags regional states into devastating conflict," he said.
He said that while this is Israel's war of choice, the entire world is suffering the consequences, and Iran's retaliation against US bases in Gulf countries only serves to pull the region into a deeper conflict.
"We all need to embrace the security responsibility of our region because we all suffer together when there's conflict and instability," he said.