In an interview with NBC News, Hossein Amirabdollahian refused to acknowledge that Israel was behind the recent attack on his country.
Iran’s foreign minister on Friday refused to acknowledge that Israel was behind the recent attack on his country and described the weapons that were used as more like children’s toys.
“What happened last night was not a strike,” the foreign minister, Hossein Amirabdollahian, said in an interview with NBC News’ Tom Llamas. “They were more like toys that our children play with – not drones.”
Amirabdollahian, who spoke to NBC News in New York where he was attending a U.N. Security Council session, said Iran was not planning to respond unless Israel launches a significant attack.
“As long as there is no new adventurism by Israel against our interests, then we are not going to have any new reactions,” he said.
Probably the best outcome. Both countries got to do their little show of force. Nobody loses face.
Well not the best outcome, obviously. That would be “everybody agrees to not be cunts and stop killing civilians”, but that’s not going to happen.
Great news, Iran isn’t killing any civilians. Only israel is doing that.
Well, they are killing civilians, it’s just that they’re locals.
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Diplomatically ignoring something to prevent a regional war isn’t exactly someone deep in a world of cope.
They know Israel attacked them, and they are being the “better man” diplomatically by playing at ignoring it.
The “like toys” comment is childish and does reek of ownage though.
It makes geopolitical sense to me. Don’t respond and take a dig at the same time. If Israel tries another, it will look even worse on them.
We should all be glad Israel went with such a small strike and not retaliated against Iran in equal force.
Launching hundreds of drones and missiles at civilian targets is not “being the better man”.
So gas prices are coming down, right?
Sanctions over Iran’s actions were only announced like 3 days ago, and trade in the region is still pretty upset over the ongoing Houthi Situation, so this news probably won’t have much impact.
On the other hand, who knows what Oil Futures are going to do.
On the other hand, who knows what Oil Futures are going to do.
They are going to go up… That’s what they always do. People drive more in the summer, they go up. People stop driving for the fall, they go up. Winter too cold, they go up. Hottest winter in recorded history, they go up.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Iran’s foreign minister on Friday refused to acknowledge that Israel was behind the recent attack on his country and described the weapons that were used as more like children’s toys.
“What happened last night was not a strike,” the foreign minister, Hossein Amirabdollahian, said in an interview with NBC News’ Tom Llamas.
Amirabdollahian, who spoke to NBC News in New York where he was attending a U.N. Security Council session, said Iran was not planning to respond unless Israel launches a significant attack.
Iran responded 12 days later, launching an unprecedented, direct military attack on Israel involving more than 300 missiles and drones.
In the following days, the Biden administration urged Israel to exercise restraint and not conduct a retaliatory attack that could trigger a full-blown war between the two adversaries.
The limited scope of the strike and the lack of public statements afterward appears to indicate that both sides are looking to ease tensions, experts said.
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