Israel-Gaza war: Iran warns of new fronts against US if conflict persists
- Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said the continuation of the killing of the people in Gaza will make the situation ‘get out of control in the region’
- He also called on Hamas to release civilian hostages being held by the militant group
Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian declined to detail the consequences Iran might have in store. He denied that Iran had instructed groups in Syria and Iraq to target US forces in recent days, and said it was Washington – not Tehran – that was fanning the violence in the days since Hamas militants killed some 1,400 people in an attack on Israel and Israeli forces responded with punishing air strikes.
“The US is advising others to show self-restraint, but it has sided with Israel totally,” Amirabdollahian said in an interview with Bloomberg Television from Iran’s mission to the United Nations in New York. “If the United States continues what it has been doing so far, then new fronts will be opened up against the United States.”
“I would like to warn right here that the continuation of the situation, the continuation of the killing of the people in Gaza – women and children – will make the situation get out of control in the region,” he said. “The American side should decide – does it really want to escalate, intensify the war?”
