Iran expects EU's 'swift, realistic' action to condemn Israeli strike on Syria diplomatic premises

Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says Iran expects the European Union to take a "realistic and immediate" move to condemn the recent Israeli terrorist attack on the country's diplomatic premises in Syria.

In a telephone conversation on Wednesday, Amir-Abdollahian and European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell discussed the Israeli terrorist attack on the Consular Section of Iran's embassy in Damascus, which killed seven military members of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC).

He added that Israel attacked the diplomatic premises in violation of all international laws and principles as European officials have been urging Iran to exercise self-restraint.

Referring to the killing of six Syrian citizens, including a mother and her child, in addition to the Iranian military advisors in the attack, the top Iranian diplomat emphasized that Israel completely breached regional peace and security as well as security of diplomats and diplomatic missions.

Amir-Abdollahian wondered how the EU would react if a similar attack had hit a Western embassy in Ukraine.

On Monday, Israeli warplanes bombed the Consular Section of the Iranian Embassy in the Mezzeh neighborhood in Damascus.

A senior commander of the IRGC’s Quds Force, Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Zahedi, and his deputy General Mohammad Hadi Haji Rahimi were among the seven Iranian martyrs of the terrorist attack.

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday that Israel will receive a slap in the face for its terrorist attack.

Iran says reserves right to ‘respond decisively’ to Israeli aggression

The Foreign Ministry has underscored the Islamic Republic’s legitimate right to a decisive response based on international law.

Amir-Abdollahian further said Israel's genocide and war crimes continue in Gaza with the US support.

The United States will be the one responsible for the spillover of the tensions across the region if it refuses to show firm determination to stop supporting Israel's war crimes,he emphasized.

The EU foreign policy chief, for his part, said the bloc believes that Israel's attack on the Iranian diplomatic premises was in contravention of efforts to de-escalate tensions in the region.

Borrell noted that he would share Iran's serious concerns with the EU members and called on Iran to keep exercising restraint.

Pointing to the developments in Gaza, he said EU’s efforts to stop the war in Gaza have unfortunately not been successful so far but the bloc would continue its measures to end the war.

The UN Security Council passed a resolution last week, calling for a ceasefire in the war that Israel began on October 7 after Gaza’s resistance groups carried out a retaliatory operation against the usurping entity.

“The resolution must be implemented without delay,” UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said.

Since the start of the offensive, the Tel Aviv regime has killed at least 33,037 Palestinians, most of them women and children, and wounded 75,668.

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