NEW YORK: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Monday (Sep 23) accused Israel of seeking a wider conflict, insisting that Tehran has been deliberately holding back in the hope of securing regional peace.
Iran 's President Masoud Pezeshkian visits one of the victims injured by pager explosions across Lebanon, in a hospital in Tehran, Iran , on Sep 20, 2024. accused Israel of seeking a wider conflict, insisting that Tehran has been deliberately holding back in the hope of securing regional peace.
Tensions soared immediately after his inauguration as the visiting political chief of Hamas, the Palestinian militants who attacked Israel on Oct 7 last year, was "But we never reached that elusive peace. Every day Israel is committing more atrocities and killing more and more people - old, young, men, women, children, hospitals, other facilities," he said.Fears of wider Middle East conflict mount following deadly pager explosions in Lebanon
"Curiously enough, we keep being labelled as the perpetrator of insecurity. But look at the situation for where it is."
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