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Iran doesn’t want conflict, but readying for war with Israel: Report
The Iranian government is still seeking to avoid a war with Israel, but it is readying itself for all-out conflict as the country awaits Israel’s response to its missile attack earlier this month, The New York Times reports.
“Iran has ordered the armed forces to be prepared for war but also to try to avoid it,” according to the report, which cites four anonymous Iranian officials, including two members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
The sources explained “the scope of any Iranian retaliation … will largely depend on the severity of Israel’s attacks”.
If Israel causes significant damage or casualties, Iran will respond, but if Israel only targets a limited number of military sites and weapons depots, “Iran might well do nothing”.
Tehran writes to UNSC to protest Israel’s killing of Iranian nationals in Lebanon
Iran has strongly condemned the killing of two of its nationals by Israel in Lebanon in a letter sent to the UN Security Council and Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, calling for accountability.
“The Israeli regime has this time targeted two Iranian nationals in Lebanon, committing a clear violation of international law, especially international humanitarian law,” Saeed Iravani, Iran’s UN mission lead, wrote, according to state media.
He wrote that Iranian woman Masoumeh Karbasi and her Lebanese husband were deliberately targeted by a second Israeli missile after surviving an initial strike on October 19 in Beirut, while Iranian medic Dr Ali Heydari was assassinated on October 22, in a clear violation of the Geneva Conventions.
Iran wants the UNSC to “decisively condemn” these actions and make Israel accountable, Iravani wrote, also calling on Guterres to thoroughly document the actions of Israel in Lebanon.
