Iran on Tuesday rejected Western calls to stand down its threat to retaliate against Israel for the killing of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran late last month.

The Islamic republic and its allies have blamed Israel for Haniyeh’s killing on July 31 during a visit to the Iranian capital for the swearing-in of President Masoud Pezeshkian. Israel has not commented.

Iran has vowed to avenge the death, which came hours after an Israeli strike in Beirut killed a senior commander of Hezbollah, the powerful Iran-backed militant group in Lebanon.
Western diplomats have scrambled to avert a major conflagration in the Middle East, where tensions were already high due to the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.

In a statement on Monday, the United States and its European allies urged Iran to de-escalate.

“We called on Iran to stand down its ongoing threats of a military attack against Israel and discussed the serious consequences for regional security should such an attack take place,” said the joint statement from Britain, France, Germany, Italy and the United States.

The White House warned that a “significant set of attacks” by Iran and its allies was possible as soon as this week, saying Israel shared the same assessment.

The United States has deployed an aircraft carrier strike group and a guided missile submarine to the region in support of Israel.

Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani criticised the Western call for it to de-escalate.

“The declaration by France, Germany and Britain, which raised no objection to the international crimes of the Zionist regime, brazenly asks Iran to take no deterrent action against a regime which has violated its sovereignty and territorial integrity,” he said in a statement.

“Such a request lacks political logic, flies in the face of the principles and rules of international law, and constitutes public and practical support” for Israel.

Round one fight 👊🏿

Israel go hear am God protect the innocent among them.

They reject peace. A war that you can't win either

Funny people

Las las these two nations will nuke each other.

asyuhzi:
Israel go hear am God protect the innocent among them.

Creating your own happiness. lols

Very funny how sane people are trying to discourage Iran from a suicide mission and they're rejecting it. The UN will not help them now before it will be another "Israel is committing genocide" story, which will not change anything.

Bendeco2020:
They reject peace. A war that you can't win either

Funny people

They are alnost always suicidal

Suicide via jihad guarantees them free entry to their brothel-paradise

Why always issuing threats if they know how to take action??

They should just go ahead and attack Israel instead of speaking too much grammar.