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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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54 Migrants Rescued from Mediterranean Oil Platform

FILED - 31 May 2025, France, Gravelines: A group of people thought to be migrants onboard a small boat leaving the beach at Gravelines, France, attempting to reach the UK by crossing the English Channel. Photo: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire/dpa
FILED - 31 May 2025, France, Gravelines: A group of people thought to be migrants onboard a small boat leaving the beach at Gravelines, France, attempting to reach the UK by crossing the English Channel. Photo: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire/dpa
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54 Migrants Rescued from Mediterranean Oil Platform

FILED - 31 May 2025, France, Gravelines: A group of people thought to be migrants onboard a small boat leaving the beach at Gravelines, France, attempting to reach the UK by crossing the English Channel. Photo: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire/dpa
FILED - 31 May 2025, France, Gravelines: A group of people thought to be migrants onboard a small boat leaving the beach at Gravelines, France, attempting to reach the UK by crossing the English Channel. Photo: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire/dpa

Over 50 migrants were headed to the Italian island of Lampedusa Sunday after a charity ship rescued them from an abandoned oil platform in the Mediterranean, where one woman gave birth.

The vessel Astral, operated by the Spain-based NGO Open Arms, rescued the 54 people overnight, the group said in a statement.

The migrants had been trapped on the oil platform for three days after their rubber boat shipwrecked following their departure from Libya on Tuesday, Open Arms said.

On Friday, one of the migrants gave birth to a boy, while another woman had given birth days before. Two other young children were among the group, Open Arms said, according to AFP.

Later Sunday, the charity said that, following the rescue of those on the oil platform, the Astral came upon another 109 people, including four people in the water.

That group, which included 10 children, had also departed from Libya, it said.
Open Arms said they provided life jackets to the migrants before they were rescued by another charity ship, the Louise Michel, which is sponsored by street artist Banksy.

The Louise Michel, a former French navy vessel, was transporting the migrants to a safe port in Sicily, Open Arms said.

It is not unusual for migrants crossing the Mediterranean on leaky and overcrowded boats to seek refuge on offshore oil platforms.

As of June 1, some 23,000 migrants had reached Italy by sea this year, according to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR).