This handout image launched by the Jordanian Royal Palace reveals Jordan’s King Abdullah II (centre proper) and his son Crown Prince Hussein (proper) assembly with Iran’s International Minister Abbas Araghchi (centre left) in Amman on October 16, 2024.
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Iran’s high diplomat has warned U.N. chief Antonio Guterres that Tehran is prepared for a “decisive and regretful” response if Israel assaults his nation in retaliation for a missile assault.

The Islamic republic fired about 200 missiles at Israel on October 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 basic.

Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant vowed final week that his nation’s retaliatory measure can be “lethal, exact and shocking”.

“Iran, whereas making all-out efforts to guard the peace and safety of the area, is totally ready for a decisive and regretful response to any adventures” by Israel, Iran’s International Minister Abbas Araghchi mentioned throughout a telephone name with Mr. Guterres, in line with an announcement from his workplace on Wednesday (October 16, 2024).

In the course of the name on Tuesday (October 15, 2024) night, Mr. Araghchi additionally appealed to the United Nations to make use of its sources “to cease the crimes and aggressions of the Israeli regime and to ship humanitarian help to Lebanon and Gaza”.

Iran’s high diplomat additionally spoke on the telephone together with his French counterpart Jean-Noel Barrot on Tuesday (October 15, 2024), his workplace mentioned.

Within the name, Mr. Araghchi confused the necessity to cease Israeli assaults on Lebanon, warned towards any “new adventures” by its arch-foe within the area, and known as for the removing of Israeli “obstacles” impeding the supply of help to displaced individuals.

It adopted a telephone dialog on Sunday (October 13, 2024) between the 2 nations’ presidents, Emmanuel Macron and Masoud Pezeshkian.

Over the previous week, Mr. Araghchi has visited Lebanon, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Iraq and Oman in an effort to ease tensions.

Mr. Araghchi arrived in Jordan on Wednesday (October 16, 2024) earlier than travelling to Egypt and Turkiye, Iranian International Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei mentioned in a put up on social media platform X.

Upon his arrival in Amman, Mr. Araghchi met his Jordanian counterpart Ayman Safadi and the 2 mentioned regional developments amid Israel’s “atrocity and aggression towards Gaza and Lebanon”, Mr. Baghaei mentioned. The official Iranian information company IRNA mentioned Mr. Araghchi additionally met with Jordan’s King Abdullah II.

The developments come towards the backdrop of a warfare between Israel and Iran-allied Palestinian militant group Hamas that has been raging for greater than a 12 months and has expanded to incorporate Lebanon in current weeks.