Iranian foreign minister warns 'even stronger' reaction to any Israeli attack
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi
Tehran's top diplomat in Damascus on Saturday threatened an "even stronger" reaction to any aggression, as Israel readied its response to an Iranian missile attack earlier this week.
"Our reaction to any attack by the Zionist regime is completely clear," Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told reporters in the Syrian capital, where he met top officials including Tehran's ally President Bashar al-Assad.
"For every action, there will be a proportional and similar reaction from Iran, and even stronger," he said.
He spoke after an Israeli military official told AFP on condition of anonymity, as he was not authorised to discuss the issue publicly, the army was "preparing a response to the unprecedented and unlawful Iranian attack".
In Damascus earlier, Araghchi renewed his call for ceasefires in the Gaza Strip and in Lebanon.
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Araghchi's visit, his first since he took office in August, comes almost a year after Iran-backed Palestinian militant group Hamas attacked Israel, triggering the war in Gaza.
The conflict has also drawn in Iran's Lebanese ally Hezbollah, and on September 23 Israel sharply intensified its campaign against the militant group.
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"The most important issue today is the ceasefire, especially in Lebanon and in Gaza," Araghchi said.
"There are initiatives in this regard. There have been consultations that we hope will be successful."
His meetings in Damascus follow a visit to Beirut on Friday during which he voiced support for a truce in Lebanon acceptable to Hezbollah, "simultaneously with a ceasefire in Gaza".
He travelled to Syria's capital by air after Lebanon said an Israeli air strike on Friday severed the main international highway linking the two countries.
Israel said the strike aimed to prevent the flow of weapons to Hezbollah from neighbouring Syria.
Iran has been a staunch ally of Assad throughout the civil war that erupted in 2011 following the suppression of anti-government protests.
Earlier on Saturday, Assad's office quoted him as saying Iran's missile attack on Israel was "a strong response and taught the Zionist entity a lesson".
The attack came just days after an Israeli air strike in southern Beirut killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.
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