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Iran Warns Israel of 'Dangerous Consequences' of Lebanon Strikes

FILE: Smoke rises as seen from Israel-Lebanon border in northern Israel, November 13, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein Purchase Licensing Rights
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Iran Warns Israel of 'Dangerous Consequences' of Lebanon Strikes

FILE: Smoke rises as seen from Israel-Lebanon border in northern Israel, November 13, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein Purchase Licensing Rights
FILE: Smoke rises as seen from Israel-Lebanon border in northern Israel, November 13, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein Purchase Licensing Rights

Iran's foreign ministry warned Israel on Monday of "dangerous consequences" following deadly strikes on Hezbollah strongholds in Lebanon.

Foreign ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani called the Israeli strikes "insane", and warned of "the dangerous consequences of the Zionists' new adventure".

Israel on Monday launched a wave of airstrikes targeting Iran-backed Hezbollah forces in southern Lebanon, killing at least 182 people including children, according to Lebanon's health ministry.

The attacks mark the largest escalation of violence between Hezbollah and Israel since the war in the Gaza Strip erupted on October 7.

Kanani said Israel's "crimes" in Palestinian territories and their "expansion to Lebanon are a clear example of a serious threat to regional and international peace".

He strongly criticized US support for Israel called upon the United Nations Security Council "to take immediate action to stop these crimes".

For his part, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Monday accused Israel of seeking a wider conflict, which he said would not benefit anyone, as he insisted Tehran was not destabilizing the region.

"We know more than anyone else that if a larger war were to erupt in the Middle East, it will not benefit anyone throughout the world. It is Israel that seeks to create this wider conflict," he told a roundtable with journalists as he attended the UN General Assembly in New York.

 

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North Korea: New US-led Sanctions Monitoring Team Unlawful

South Korean protesters stage a rally against flying of anti-North Korean propaganda leaflets into North Korea, in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024. The banners read, "Opposition to South Korea-US joint war exercise." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
South Korean protesters stage a rally against flying of anti-North Korean propaganda leaflets into North Korea, in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024. The banners read, "Opposition to South Korea-US joint war exercise." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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North Korea: New US-led Sanctions Monitoring Team Unlawful

South Korean protesters stage a rally against flying of anti-North Korean propaganda leaflets into North Korea, in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024. The banners read, "Opposition to South Korea-US joint war exercise." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
South Korean protesters stage a rally against flying of anti-North Korean propaganda leaflets into North Korea, in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024. The banners read, "Opposition to South Korea-US joint war exercise." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

North Korea's foreign minister said a new multilateral sanctions monitoring team led by the United States was "utterly unlawful and illegitimate,” state media reported on Sunday.
The United States, South Korea and Japan on Wednesday announced the launch of a new multinational team to monitor the enforcement of sanctions against North Korea after Russia and China thwarted monitoring activities at the United Nations.
The team was introduced after Russia in March rejected the annual renewal of a UN panel of experts that had over the past 15 years overseen the implementation of sanctions aimed at curbing North Korea's nuclear and missile programs. China, North Korea's chief ally and economic lifeline, abstained from the vote.
Tensions on the Korean peninsula have intensified in recent years with North Korea stepping up its development of a series of ballistic missiles and a nuclear arsenal, drawing international sanctions, and forming a close military relations with Russia. Washington has been strengthening its security cooperation with key regional allies South Korea and Japan.
"The forces involved in the smear campaign against the DPRK will have to pay a dear price for it," Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui said via state news agency KCNA, using the country's official name.
Choe criticized the team, which would be joined by eight other countries, as Washington's misconduct of flouting the international order and as "the most undisguised violation" of North Korea's sovereignty, Reuters reported.
Washington and Seoul have warned of North Korea's close military ties with Moscow. South Korea's spy agency said on Friday that North Korea has shipped 1,500 special forces troops to Russia's Far East for training and acclimatizing at local military bases and will likely be deployed for combat in the war in Ukraine.
Russia and North Korea both deny they have engaged in arms transfers. The Kremlin has also dismissed South Korean assertions that North Korea may have sent some military personnel to help Russia against Ukraine.
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said he could not confirm reports that North Korea has sent troops to Russia ahead of what could be a deployment to Ukraine, but added such a move would be concerning, if true.
Meanwhile, Chinese President Xi Jinping said he was willing to lead friendship and cooperation with North Korea to "sustainable and stable development" and contribute to "safeguarding regional and global peace,” North Korean state media reported on Sunday.
Xi sent a reply to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un congratulating China's founding anniversary, according to KCNA.