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Abdollahian: Iran Was Capable of Executing Wider Attack on Israel

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian - EPA
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian - EPA
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Abdollahian: Iran Was Capable of Executing Wider Attack on Israel

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian - EPA
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian - EPA

The Tasnim News Agency reported on Monday that Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian said Iran could have carried out a broader operation against Israel.

Also, in a phone call with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, Abdollahian said that Iran only targeted the military sites that carried out the attack against the Iranian consulate in Damascus.

He also stressed that the "security of the region is very important to us," according to the Arab World News Agency.

Iran launched its first direct attack on Israel on Saturday night using dozens of drones and cruise missiles, following the killing of a senior IRGC commander in Israel's attack that targeted the Iranian embassy compound in Damascus last week.

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EU Commission Chief Has 'Severe Pneumonia'

FILE - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen addresses a media conference at the end of an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Havana, File)
FILE - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen addresses a media conference at the end of an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Havana, File)
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EU Commission Chief Has 'Severe Pneumonia'

FILE - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen addresses a media conference at the end of an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Havana, File)
FILE - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen addresses a media conference at the end of an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Havana, File)

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is ill with “severe pneumonia” and has canceled her appointments for the next two weeks, her office announced Friday.

According to The Associated Press, spokesman Stefan De Keersmaeker said her agenda had to be cleared of meetings in Lisbon and in Poland, which has just taken over the EU's rotating presidency of the 27-nation European Union.

“She is dealing with severe pneumonia,” De Keersmaeker said in a statement, giving no further details about her conditions or how she fell ill.

Von der Leyen, 66, only recently started her second five-year stint at the top of the EU's powerful executive office.