The events of this morning fundamentally change our assessment of the military operation of the US and Israel against Iran. I have proposed to the Prime Minister to urgently convene a Security Council based on these assessments and to take the relevant state decisions, to notify the relevant state bodies. This was announced in a statement to the Council of Ministers by Acting Minister of Defense Atanas Zapryanov, quoted by BTA.
The ballistic missiles launched for the first time from the territory of Iran towards Turkey, a NATO country, as well as the provocation a few days ago with the missiles launched towards Cyprus, radically change the assessments in which we planned and announced that there was no immediate threat to the territory of the country, Zapryanov said.
He announced that today at 1:00 p.m. an urgent analysis of the risks and threats, the changed conditions of the conflict, which is now going beyond the framework of a conflict between three countries, affects Arab countries, as well as the provocative actions against a NATO and European country, will be carried out at the Ministry of Defense. According to the minister, based on this analysis, the risks and threats will be redefined and the necessary measures will be identified, with the involvement of the National Assembly.
Zapryanov specified that the situation is being reassessed because the permits given for the US aviation assets under NATO remain and there are no other requests. However, in this situation, in which Iran does not comply with international rules and has completely unfoundedly attacked countries that, like us, are not participating in this operation, we are obliged to assess the risks and threats, Atanas Zapryanov also said.