Iran offers Israel exit to ‘conclude’ attack after launching missiles, drones on Jewish state

Iran, through its United Nations mission in New York, issued a statement that appears to offer Israel a way to prevent further escalation if it considers the conflict “concluded.”

“Carried out on the basis of Article 51 of the United Nations Charter relating to self-defense, Iran’s military action was a response to the Zionist regime’s aggression against our diplomatic premises in Damascus,” the statement said. mission statement, published on the social media platform

“The case can be considered closed,” argued the mission. “However, if the Israeli regime makes another mistake, Iran’s response will be considerably harsher. This is a conflict between Iran and the rogue Israeli regime, which the United States MUST STAY IN ‘GAP!”

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Iran launched three waves of projectiles consisting of suicide drones, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles at Israel on Saturday evening in response to an attack on the Iranian consulate in Damascus. Many blame the attack, which killed seven high-ranking members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), on Israel, but no Israeli official takes credit.

Article 51 of the United Nations Charter clearly states that “nothing in this Charter shall impair the inherent right of individual or collective self-defense in the event of armed attack against any Member of the United Nations, until the Security Council has taken the necessary measures to maintain international peace and security. »

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In the past, Iran has not adhered to the diplomatic protection of embassies and consulates, especially towards the United States and Israel. Iran and its main strategic ally, the US-designated Hezbollah terrorist movement in Lebanon, were accused of bombing the US embassy in Beirut in 1983, in which 63 people, including 17 Americans, were killed. murdered. And double truck bombs blew up the barracks of American and French members of a multinational force in Lebanon in 1983, in which 220 US Marines, 18 US Navy sailors and three US Army soldiers lost their lives. Fifty-eight French soldiers were also murdered in the terrorist attack.

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Most recently, an Argentinian court determined that Iran, in collaboration with its proxy Hezbollah, was responsible for the bombings of the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina (AMIA) and the Israeli embassy in 1994, l ‘Associated Press.

In 1979, radical Iranian students seized the American Embassy in Tehran and held approximately 52 Americans hostage in what became known as the Iran Hostage Crisis. The crisis “made headlines in newspapers and television newscasts” and is believed to have played a significant role in damaging President Jimmy Carter’s image and eroding his popularity before the 1980 presidential election, which he lost in a landslide.

Russia’s ambassador to the United Nations tabled a motion last week condemning Israel for the Damascus strike, but the United States, Britain and France all opposed the declaration and blocked its adoption. They argued that too many facts about the attack remained unclear and that members had failed to reach a consensus.

Russia and Iran castigated Security Council members for failing to adopt the declaration, which Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called a “political murder,” according to the Middle East Monitor.

Benjamin Weinthal of Fox News contributed to this article.

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