Kremlin warns US against joining Iran-Israel war, calls it ‘terrible spiral’
Any US intervention in the Iran-Israel conflict would trigger another “terrible spiral of escalation,” the Kremlin warned Thursday, according to Interfax.
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Hezbollah issued a statement Thursday backing Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, calling threats by US and Israeli officials to kill him “foolish and reckless and will have disastrous consequences.”
“Merely uttering them is an offense to hundreds of millions of believers and those connected to Islam, and it is utterly reprehensible,” the group said. “Today, we are more determined and united around him.”
Hezbollah has not entered the fighting since Israeli forces began striking inside Iran on Friday. While the group condemned the attacks, it signaled to Beirut it would not intervene.
Tehran would respond forcefully if the United States intervenes directly in support of Israel, Iran’s deputy foreign minister Kazem Gharibabadi said Thursday,
“Iran will have no other option but to use its tools to teach aggressors a lesson,” he said, according to state media.
Iran’s military command “has all necessary options on the table,” Gharibabadi added, urging Washington to stay out of the conflict.
“Our recommendation to the US is to at least stand by if they do not wish to stop Israel’s aggression,” he said, amid escalating attacks between Tehran and Tel Aviv.
