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Iran dismisses European calls for restraint
The three European countries issued a statement on Monday calling on Iran and its allies to refrain from attacks against Israel following the killing of Ismail Haniyeh, the political chief of Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Tehran last month.
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An anti-Israeli billboard reading in Persian, 'Tel Aviv will be not safe anymore' hangs at Palestine Square in Tehran on July 31, 2024. The Palestinian militant group Hamas said on July 31, its political leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed in an Israeli strike in Iran, where he was attending the inauguration of the country's new president, and vowed the act “will not go unanswered“. (AFP/-)
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ran's foreign ministry said on Tuesday that calls for restraint regarding Israel from France, Germany and Britain "lack political logic and contradict principles of international law".
The three European countries issued a statement on Monday calling on Iran and its allies to refrain from attacks against Israel following the killing of Ismail Haniyeh, the political chief of Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Tehran last month.
Tehran and its allies Hamas and Lebanese Shi'ite group Hezbollah have accused Israel of carrying out the assassination. The Israeli government has made no claim of responsibility.
"Without any objection to the crimes of the Zionist regime (Israel), the E3 statement impudently requires Iran not to respond to a violation of its sovereignty and territorial integrity," Kanaani said.
Kanaani said Tehran is determined to deter Israel and called on Paris, Berlin and London to "once and for all stand up against the war in Gaza and the warmongering of Israel".
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 European allies called on Iran to "stand down".
"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 issued by Britain, France, Germany, Italy and the United States.
