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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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UN Security Council to Meet Sunday over US Strikes on Iran

Members of the United Nations Security Council listen as Ambassador Majed Bamya, Deputy Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine to the UN, speaks meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question at the UN headquarters on November 20, 2024 in New York City. (Getty Images via AFP)
Members of the United Nations Security Council listen as Ambassador Majed Bamya, Deputy Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine to the UN, speaks meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question at the UN headquarters on November 20, 2024 in New York City. (Getty Images via AFP)
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UN Security Council to Meet Sunday over US Strikes on Iran

Members of the United Nations Security Council listen as Ambassador Majed Bamya, Deputy Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine to the UN, speaks meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question at the UN headquarters on November 20, 2024 in New York City. (Getty Images via AFP)
Members of the United Nations Security Council listen as Ambassador Majed Bamya, Deputy Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine to the UN, speaks meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question at the UN headquarters on November 20, 2024 in New York City. (Getty Images via AFP)

The United Nations Security Council is due to meet later on Sunday, diplomats said, after the United States joined Israel's assault on Iran and hit the country's main nuclear sites overnight in strikes with massive bunker-busting bombs, Reuters reported.

Iran requested the meeting, calling on the 15-member body "to address this blatant and unlawful act of aggression, to condemn it in the strongest possible terms."

Israel's UN Ambassador Danny Danon said in a statement on Sunday that the US and Israel "do not deserve any condemnation, but rather an expression of appreciation and gratitude for making the world a safer place."