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Iran underlines necessity of retaliation against Israel
Iranian foreign minister underlined the necessity of Iran’s retaliatory attack on April 14 against Israel during a meeting with his Jordanian counterpart in New York on Thursday.
Hossein Amir-Abdollahian told the Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi that Iran’s attack against Israel was carried out within the framework of legitimate defense after a regime’s deadly attack on Iran’s diplomatic facilities in the Syrian capital on April 1. Underlining that Iran’s military action against Israel was “very precise and calculated,” the Iranian foreign minister said, “Iran’s military response to Israel’s attack was only a limited and minimal operation, and in case of any further adventurism by the Israeli regime, Iran’s response will be decisive, immediate and maximum.”
The meeting came after Jordan intercepted Iranian drones and missiles aimed at Israel and summoned Iranian ambassador after the attack.
“The army will respond to anything that will jeopardize the security and safety of the kingdom and the sanctity of its airspace and territory in the face of any danger from any party with all the available means,” Jordan’s Prime Minister Bisher Khasawneh said.
French police detain intruder at Iranian consulate
French authorities Friday detained a man suspected of entering the Iranian consulate in Paris and claiming to be carrying explosives, police and prosecutors said.
No explosives or arms were found on the man or the premises after he surrendered to police after the incident, according to AFP.
Police arrested the suspect, born in 1963 in Iran, when he exited of his own accord after appearing to have “threatened violent action” inside, the Paris prosecutor’s office said.
But “no explosive materials have been observed at this stage,” either on him, in his car or in the building, it said.
French broadcaster BFM TV, citing a source close to the investigation, reported that the same man was due to appear in court on Monday over a fire at the consulate in September 2023.