Middle East crisis Reactions

Iranian threat: “All Israeli embassies are legitimate targets”

Iran is threatening to attack Israeli embassies around the world, reports AFP. This comes after Israel threatened to strike the Iranian embassy in Lebanon.

– In that case, all Israeli embassies will become legitimate targets, says Iranian army spokesman Abolfazl Shekarchi to the semi-official Tasnim news agency, according to AFP.

According to Shekarchi, an Israeli attack on an Iranian embassy would require a counterattack, writes the Jerusalem Post.

Qatar to Iran: “Stop dragging us into your war”

Qatar’s Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani has spoken by phone with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, news agencies report.

The Qatari leader called on Iran to immediately cease its attacks on the country and stop “harming its neighbors and dragging them into a war that is not theirs.”

Araghchi claimed that Iran had only attacked American interests in Qatar, which al-Thani “categorically denies.” Iranian attacks have targeted civilian targets and homes in Qatar, he says.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian addresses neighboring countries in a post on X, where he writes that the attacks by the United States and Israel “left us no choice but to defend ourselves.”

“We respect your sovereignty,” he continues.