FM: Any Attack on Iran's Infrastructure Will be Faced with Retaliation

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi speaks during a press conference in Damascus, Syria  October 5, 2024. REUTERS/Firas Makdesi
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi speaks during a press conference in Damascus, Syria October 5, 2024. REUTERS/Firas Makdesi
TT

FM: Any Attack on Iran's Infrastructure Will be Faced with Retaliation

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi speaks during a press conference in Damascus, Syria  October 5, 2024. REUTERS/Firas Makdesi
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi speaks during a press conference in Damascus, Syria October 5, 2024. REUTERS/Firas Makdesi

Iran warned Israel on Tuesday against any attacks on the country, a week after Tehran fired a barrage of missiles on it, putting the Middle East on edge.

Any attack on Iran's infrastructure will be met with retaliation, Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said, warning Israel against attacks on his country.

Tension between arch-foes Iran and Israel is running high after years of shadow war and assassinations have turned into direct confrontations that have put the region on edge.

Israel has been weighing options to respond to Tehran's ballistic missile attack last week, carried out in response to Israel's military action in Lebanon.

US news website Axios cited Israeli officials as saying Iran's oil facilities could be hit, which would be a serious escalation that could drive up global oil prices.

On Friday, President Joe Biden said he would think about alternatives to striking Iranian oilfields if he were in Israel's shoes, adding he thought it had not yet concluded how to respond to Iran.



Israel's UN Mission Doesn’t Invite Secretary-General to Ceremony

UN Secretary General Antَnio Guterres looks on at a Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East at the United Nations headquarters on October 2, 2024 in New York. (AFP)
UN Secretary General Antَnio Guterres looks on at a Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East at the United Nations headquarters on October 2, 2024 in New York. (AFP)
TT

Israel's UN Mission Doesn’t Invite Secretary-General to Ceremony

UN Secretary General Antَnio Guterres looks on at a Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East at the United Nations headquarters on October 2, 2024 in New York. (AFP)
UN Secretary General Antَnio Guterres looks on at a Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East at the United Nations headquarters on October 2, 2024 in New York. (AFP)

Israel’s mission to the United Nations had an invitation-only guest list for its commemoration of Hamas’ attack in southern Israel a year ago and it didn’t include UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who was banned from the country last week. No UN official was on the invite list.

Israel’s UN Ambassador Danny Danon told reporters the situation with the secretary-general was “sensitive.”

He asserted at the ceremony that the UN has failed Israel “time and time again,” including failing to condemn Hamas.

Several hundred ambassadors, diplomats, Jewish leaders and students attended the ceremony.

Israel’s Foreign Minister Israel Katz, who declared Guterres “persona non grata” last week, vowed in a video message that Israel will respond “with strength and power” to Iran’s missile attack on Israel last week.

The Israeli ambassador said that “the days when we had to rely on foreign powers to protect us are over,” to applause.