MEASURED APPROACH
In New York, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian accused Israel of warmongering whereas positioning the Islamic republic as restrained.
He steered Iran had held again retaliation after the killing of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran in July, fearing it might derail US efforts for a Gaza ceasefire.
“We tried to not reply. They saved telling us we had been inside attain of peace, maybe in per week or so,” he stated.
“However we by no means reached that elusive peace. Daily Israel is committing extra atrocities.”
This measured strategy echoes Iran’s response earlier this yr throughout heightened tensions with Israel. Iran fired lots of of missiles and drones after the Damascus strike, however most had been intercepted.
Analysts say Iran is flexing its muscle groups amid the Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza, with out upsetting a US response.
Iran continues to face Western sanctions, particularly since america, underneath then-president Donald Trump, withdrew from a nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers in 2018.
European nations have additionally slapped sanctions on Iran, accusing it of supplying ballistic missiles to Russia for the Ukraine conflict.
Iran denied the accusations, with Pezeshkian saying in New York that Iran was “keen to take a seat down with the Europeans and the People to have a dialogue and negotiations”.
Vaez stated any Iranian escalation might strengthen Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and even probably assist Trump return to energy.
This “can be extremely detrimental for Iranian pursuits”, he stated.
