'Willing to exercise restraint': China shows support for Iran after Israel missile attack
Iran exercised its right to self -defence when it attacked Israel, said Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi. China 's foreign minister held phone discussions with his Iranian counterpart, Beijing state media said on Tuesday, reporting that Iran said it was"willing to exercise restraint" after its first-ever attack on Israel's territory.
Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian briefs the press at his headquarters in Tehran. Iran urged Israel not to retaliate militarily to an unprecedented attack, which Tehran presented as a justified response to a deadly strike on its consulate building in Damascus. Amir-Abdollahian said Iran was"willing to exercise restraint" and had no intention of further escalating tensions, adding the current regional situation was"very sensitive".
Tehran's foreign ministry readout said Amir-Abdollahian briefed Wang on Iran's"legitimate action" and"warned the White House" that further attacks on Iran's interests or security would invite a"decisive, immediate and extensive" response.The foreign ministers discussed the Israel-Hamas conflict in the call, with Wang calling the current situation a"spillover effect of the escalating conflict in Gaza", according to Xinhua.
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