By Deutsche Welle
08 Oct 2024, 2:43 PM EDT
Iran’s Foreign Minister, Abbas Araqchi, urged Israel this Tuesday (10/8/2024) not to test his country’s “will” and insisted that any Israeli retaliation for last week’s missile attack will have in turn an answer.
“We urge Israel not to test our will”Araqchi said at an event commemorating the anniversary of the terrorist attack by the Islamist organization Hamas against Israel that caused 1,200 deaths on October 7 of last year.
“Any attack on Iran’s infrastructure will receive a stronger response,” said the head of diplomacy of the Persian country.
“They have seen the power of our missiles”assured the politician.
Araqchí reiterated Tehran’s support for the Axis of Resistance, the informal alliance led by Iran and formed by the Lebanese Hezbollah, the Houthis of Yemen and Hamas, among others.
“We have supported the resistance in the past, we do so now and we will continue to do so.”and the blows that have been inflicted cannot damage the determination of the resistance and of Iran,” he stated in reference to the deaths of some of the leaders of these groups.
The event was held at the Iranian Foreign Ministry and was attended by foreign ambassadors and other Iranian authorities.
A rally in support of the Axis of Resistance is scheduled for this afternoon in Tehran’s Palestine Square.
The Revolutionary Guard attacked Israel with about 180 missiles on Tuesday of last week in retaliation for the assassinations of Lebanese Hezbollah militia leader Hasan Nasrallah and an Iranian general in Beirut, and of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in July in Tehran.
Israel has assured that it will respond, to which various Iranian political and military authorities have in turn said on numerous occasions that they will respond with more force.
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