Iran has rejected western calls not to retaliate against Israel for the killing in Tehran of Ismail Haniyeh, the political leader of Hamas, late last month.
“Such demands lack political logic, are entirely contrary to the principles and rules of international law, and represent an excessive request,” Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanani said.
A report on Tuesday from the official IRNA news agency said President Masoud Pezeshkian, in a late Monday phone conversation with the British prime minister, Keir Starmer, said that the west’s silence about “unprecedented inhumane crime” in Gaza, and Israeli attacks elsewhere in the Middle East, was “irresponsible” and encouraged Israel to put regional and global security at risk.
Iran and its allies have blamed Israel for Haniyeh’s killing on 31 July during a visit to the Iranian capital for Pezeshkian’s swearing-in as president. Just hours earlier, an Israeli strike in Beirut had killed a senior commander of Hezbollah, the powerful Iran-backed militant group in Lebanon. Israel has not officially commented on its alleged role in Haniyeh’s death.
伊朗拒绝了西方国家不要对以色列上个月底在德黑兰杀害哈马斯政治领袖伊斯梅尔·哈尼亚一事进行报复的呼吁。
伊朗外交部发言人纳赛尔·卡纳尼说：“这种要求缺乏政治逻辑，完全违背了国际法原则和规则，是一种过分的要求。”
官方通讯社 IRNA 周二报道称，总统马苏德·佩泽什基安周一晚间与英国首相基尔·斯塔默通电话时表示，西方对加沙“前所未有的非人道罪行”以及以色列在中东其他地区发动的袭击保持沉默是“不负责任的”，并鼓励以色列将地区和全球安全置于危险之中。
伊朗及其盟友指责以色列在 7 月 31 日哈尼亚访问伊朗首都参加佩泽什基安总统就职仪式期间杀害了哈尼亚。就在几个小时前，以色列在贝鲁特发动的袭击杀死了真主党的一名高级指挥官，真主党是伊朗支持的黎巴嫩强大激进组织。以色列尚未就其在哈尼亚之死中所扮演的角色发表官方评论。
