Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi spoke on the phone with his European counterparts shortly after his country’s attack on Israel, media reported on Wednesday.
Araghchi spoke with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and his counterparts from the UK, France and other countries, according to Iran’s IRNA news agency.
The Israeli attack has ended, Araghchi was quoted as saying by IRNA.
“But if the Zionist regime takes retaliatory measures, our response will be even more difficult,” the minister said, referring to possible Israeli retaliation. He stressed that Iran does not want to expand, but neither is it afraid of war.
Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) says it fired 200 missiles at Israel on Tuesday evening. The attack was in retaliation for the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah and an Iranian general, the powerful branch of Iran’s military said.
Initial estimates by the Israeli military put the number of missiles fired at around 180.
Three Israeli air bases and the headquarters of Israel’s Mossad intelligence were the targets of the attack, according to Iran.
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