the threat in the event of a counterattack –

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi assured his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, that Tehran’s attacks once morest Israel have been limited and that the Islamic Republic is not interested in an escalation. According to the note released by the Kremlin following the meeting, “Raisi stressed that Iran’s actions were forced and limited in nature, and at the same time stressed that Tehran is not interested in further escalation of tension.” If Israel were to react to last Saturday’s raid, however, the Iranian response would arrive within “seconds”, said Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani, underlining that the Jewish state would receive a “tough and resolute” response in case of reprisal.

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“There will no longer be 12 or 13 days between the Zionist regime’s move and Iran’s powerful response. The Zionists will have to count in seconds, not hours,” the deputy minister said, referring to the time that passed between the raid on the consulate Iranian in Damascus and last Saturday’s response. As mentioned, he distances the Kremlin from the idea of ​​widening the conflict. “Both sides stated that the main cause of current events in the Middle East is the unresolved Israeli-Palestinian conflict,” reads the note, which specifies that the phone call took place on the initiative of the Iranian side. “During the exchange of views on topical issues of Russian-Iranian relations, mutual willingness to develop bilateral cooperation in various fields, including the implementation of mutually beneficial infrastructure projects, was expressed,” the press service reports.