Iran says the request by France, Germany and Britain is “politically illogical” and is set to discourage Israel.
Iran has rejected calls from France, Germany and Britain to again off its menace in opposition to Israel following the assassination of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran final month.
Nasser Kanaani, spokesman for Iran’s Overseas Ministry, mentioned in a press release on Tuesday that the request “lacks political logic and contradicts the rules of worldwide legislation” and in addition “constitutes public and sensible assist” for Israel.
European nations “raised no objection to Israel’s worldwide crimes” and “shamelessly referred to as on Iran not to reply to a violation of its sovereignty and territorial integrity,” he mentioned.
Kanaani mentioned Iran was decided to discourage Israel and referred to as on the three nations to “as soon as and for all oppose the struggle in Gaza and Israel’s warmongering.”
Hamas has blamed Israel for the July 31 killing of Haniyeh in Tehran, the place he was attending the inauguration of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian.
The Israeli authorities has not taken any accountability.
The assault on Haniyeh, which additionally killed his bodyguard, got here after prime Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr was killed in an Israeli strike in Beirut, elevating tensions within the area amid Israel’s struggle in Gaza that has killed almost 40,000 individuals.
“The inaction of the United Nations Safety Council and the broad political and army assist of Western governments to the Zionist regime [Israel] “These are the principle elements behind the regional enlargement of the Gaza disaster,” Kanaani mentioned.
On Monday, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer issued a joint assertion calling for de-escalation.
“We name on Iran and its allies to chorus from finishing up assaults that might additional escalate regional tensions and jeopardize the chance to agree on a ceasefire. [in Gaza] and the discharge of [Israeli] hostages,” he mentioned.
Scholz and Starmer additionally held separate cellphone calls with Pezeshkian on Monday, their governments mentioned.
Starmer referred to as on Pezeshkian to chorus from attacking Israel, saying struggle was in nobody’s curiosity, the prime minister’s workplace mentioned.
Scholz referred to as on Pezeshkian “to do all the things attainable to forestall a brand new army escalation,” expressed “nice concern concerning the hazard of a regional conflagration within the Center East” and mentioned that “the spiral of violence within the Center East should be damaged now,” his spokesman mentioned in a press release.
However Pezeshkian mentioned Iran has the “proper to reply to the aggressors.”
