Israel should not think about any attack on Lebanon, its resistance movement: Iran interim FM
Iran's Interim Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani says the Israeli regime, which is stuck in the Gaza quagmire, should not even think about attacking Lebanon and its resistance movement.
Bagheri Kani, who is in Beirut on the first leg of his regional tour, made the announcement in a press conference at Iran's embassy on Monday following meetings with top Lebanese officials. He is slated to travel to Syria after his visit to Lebanon.
He said that after eight months of war the Israeli regime has reached a dead end in the besieged Gaza Strip and is now seeking a way out even though it was fully supported by the United States.
If the Israeli officials were wise enough, they would not get involved in a confrontation with the Lebanese resistance while the regime is still stuck in the Gaza quagmire, he added.
The top Iranian diplomat emphasized that the Israeli regime's criminal acts against the people of Palestine in Gaza have resulted in the formation of an "integrated resistance" force.
At least 36,479 Palestinians, mostly children and women, have been killed and 82,777 people wounded in the war that Israel began on October 7, 2023 following a retaliatory operation by the Palestinian territory’s resistance movements.
The brutal military onslaught is backed by unreserved military and political support on the part of the Israeli regime’s Western allies, including the United States.
In his remarks, Bagheri Kani once again reaffirmed Iran's "fixed and lasting" stance on its support for the Lebanese army, government and resistance against the Israeli regime's aggression.
He said Israel and the US have failed to prevent international courts from issuing rulings against the regime's criminal officials as the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued requests for international arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu and his minister of military affairs, Yoav Gallant, for their penal responsibility in committing war crimes and crimes against humanity.
The Zionists have no legitimacy and nations across the world recognize Israel as a child-killing regime, the interim foreign minister pointed out.
He emphasized that talks on normalization of ties between Israel and some countries in the region are a failed plot to cover up the defeat of the regime and its supporters in the face of the heroic resistance of the people of Gaza.
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