In the midst of all-out war between the USA and Iran, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian made the bizarre gesture of a formal public apology to the neighbours - Sunni Islamic, more westernized countries that host US air bases - that Iran has been attacking with waves of drones and missiles, in what is known as "horizontal escalation". "I deem it necessary to apologize to neighbouring countries that were attacked. We do not intent to invade neighbouring countries."
Meanwhile, Iran's armed forces continued to do just that, with nary a let-up in their bombardments.
The President is not a particularly important or influential figure in Iranian politics - the real power in the Shia Muslim theocracy lies with the Supreme Leader (Ayatollah), the leadership council, and the Revolutionary Guard. But, even so, this kind of apology in the middle of an active war is all but unprecedented, not to mention pointless.
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