Iran’s prime diplomat has warned U.N. chief Antonio Guterres that Tehran is ready for a “decisive and regretful” response if Israel retaliates towards it for a missile assault.
The Islamic republic fired about 200 missiles at Israel on Oct. 1 in revenge for the killing of two of its closest allies, Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh and Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, in addition to an Iranian normal.
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant vowed final week that his nation’s retaliatory measure can be “deadly, precise and surprising.”
“Iran, while making all-out efforts to protect the peace and security of the region, is fully prepared for a decisive and regretful response to any adventures” by Israel, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi mentioned throughout a cellphone name with Guterres, in accordance with an announcement from his workplace Wednesday.
During the decision on Tuesday night, Araghchi additionally appealed to the United Nations to make use of its assets “to stop the crimes and aggressions of the Israeli regime and to send humanitarian aid to Lebanon and Gaza.”
Over the previous week, the Iranian international minister has visited Lebanon, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Iraq and Oman in an effort to ease tensions.
Araghchi arrived in Jordan on Wednesday earlier than touring to Egypt and Turkey, Iranian international ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei mentioned in a put up on social media platform X.
The developments come towards the backdrop of Israel’s genocidal warfare on Gaza which has been raging for greater than a yr and has expanded to incorporate Lebanon in current weeks.
Source: www.dailysabah.com