On March 8 local time, Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi told NBC's "Meet the Press" program that the United States and Israel are killing the Iranian people, and Iran must "continue to fight for our people."

When asked whether Iran has received support from Russia, Salehi only said, "They help us in many different ways."

Salehi interviewed on "Meet the Press"

According to NBC, Salehi said during the interview with the media, "The United States and Israel are killing our people. They are killing female students, you know, they are also attacking hospitals."

He pointed out that the United States and Israel have broken the ceasefire agreement reached after the "12th War" in June last year, "Now you are asking for a ceasefire again? It doesn't work like this."

Salehi emphasized, "The war must end forever, otherwise I think we need to continue fighting for our people and security."

On March 6, four sources told NBC that Russia is sharing information about the location of U.S. military forces in the Middle East with Iran, including intelligence that could help Iran locate U.S. warships.

In an interview on March 8 local time, Salehi was asked whether Iran received support from Russia, and he said, "Cooperation between Iran and Russia is nothing new, and it's not a secret."

Salehi did not specify whether Russian intelligence helped Iran locate U.S. military forces, but said, "They help us in many different ways. I have no detailed information."

Previously, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Michael Waltz told NBC that when talking about reports of Russia and Iran sharing intelligence, he "has no doubt that President Trump would respond accordingly."

When asked whether he thought Russia had intervened in the conflict, Waltz said, "We know there is this symbiotic relationship between Russia and Iran."

He said, "If they provided anything, it obviously wasn't very effective because the U.S. military is destroying Iran's air force, air defense systems, navy, ground forces, and command and control systems."

Trump said on March 7, "There is no indication" that Russia is supporting Iran, "if they really were, they're doing a lousy job because Iran is in bad shape now."

In the interview on March 8 local time, Salehi also said that Iran did not "intentionally attack our neighbors," "We attack American bases, American facilities, and American assets, which happen to be located on the land of our neighbors."

He added that Iranian President Pezeshkian has represented the Iranian government in apologizing to neighboring countries that have been attacked recently.

Salehi also emphasized that if Trump chooses to send ground troops to Iran, "we have very brave soldiers who are waiting for any enemy who steps into Iranian territory, to fight, destroy, and eliminate them."

Trump previously said that the reason for the war was that Iran was about to have missiles capable of reaching the U.S. Salehi called this "false information."

He said, "You know, we have the capability to produce missiles, but we deliberately limit the range of our missiles to within 2000 kilometers because we don't want to be seen as a threat by other countries around the world."

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