Iranian foreign minister says it will not escalate conflict and mocks Israeli weapons as ‘toys that our children play with’
Iranian foreign minister says it will not escalate conflict and mocks Israeli weapons as ‘toys that our children play with’
In an interview with NBC News, Hossein Amirabdollahian refused to acknowledge that Israel was behind the recent attack on his country.
In an interview with NBC News, Hossein Amirabdollahian refused to acknowledge that Israel was behind the recent attack on his country.
Iran's foreign minister on Friday refused to acknowledge that Israel was behind the recent attack on his country and described the weapons that were used as more like children's toys.
"What happened last night was not a strike," the foreign minister, Hossein Amirabdollahian, said in an interview with NBC News' Tom Llamas. "They were more like toys that our children play with – not drones."
Amirabdollahian, who spoke to NBC News in New York where he was attending a U.N. Security Council session, said Iran was not planning to respond unless Israel launches a significant attack.
"As long as there is no new adventurism by Israel against our interests, then we are not going to have any new reactions," he said.
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I wouldn't thank it too much. It omits important details all the time. Try putting 12ft.io in front of the URL instead. Like this:
Weird, it loads fine for me using uBlock with Kiwi on my Android phone.
You probably need to update your block lists then. Something is getting through.
You need to upgrade your browser skills.
Probably the best outcome. Both countries got to do their little show of force. Nobody loses face.
Well not the best outcome, obviously. That would be "everybody agrees to not be cunts and stop killing civilians", but that's not going to happen.
Great news, Iran isn't killing any civilians. Only israel is doing that.
Well, they are killing civilians, it's just that they're locals.
Iran has constantly proved itself the more rational and mature actor in the Middle East compared to Israel.
Yet we allow Israel to have nukes while we sanction the fuck out of Iran.
Hmm 🤔
They launched a massive attack on Israel, Israel responded with a very small and limited strike. Iran have been funding terrorist proxy groups for decades. They also treat their own people and women horrifically.
Hate Israel all you want, but cheerleading for an Islamic theocracy is stupid.
It's strange how you're ignoring the fact that Israel attacked first. Iran retaliated, and did so after warning Israel of exactly what it was going to do so it could prepare. It did this even though Israel attacked Iran without a similar warning and assassinated an Iranian general.
Iran's response has been tepid and measured because it doesn't want to start WW3. Israel, on the other hand, very clearly does.
No one is cheerleading but just like Israel can protect itself so can Iran, your feelings about their politics aside if you strike a sovereign nation you should absolutely expect a stroke in return if not scale war.
In response to their Embassy being bombed they launched a few outdated rockets and drones that they gave a week's warning of. Excuse me if I don't view that as legitimate threat.
Anything is better than cheerleanding on a christofacist or abrahamic theocrazy state., yes, even cheering on the islamist lunatics. /S
Lol
It's really rational to fund hamas, hizpala, huthis, etc..
I hate that Israel has nukes, but I don't know that it's a matter of "allow." Once a country has nukes, taking them away is not going to be very doable. Especially not now after Russia broke its nuclear weapons deal with Ukraine.
That's the problem with nukes. Once the genie is out of the bottle, it doesn't go back in. That's why, if Iran does end up developing one, it will either be another MAD situation with Israel or they will both nuke each other into oblivion. There's really no other option on the table.
I mean, I think the MAD situation between the USSR and the US had some success around mutual disarmament, no? Neither of them are devoid of nukes, now, but if I remember, the days of the world being nuked several times over in the event of ww3 is now long gone as a possibility. I dunno, this is obviously a pretty different situation, and that was kind of, not a fluke, but due to some pretty specific and complicated factors, I think. I dunno, I guess I'm just saying it's more of a matter of degree than kind of being such an all-or-nothing thing, which is how most people would perceive it.
I wouldn't say they are more rational and mature. They are just less evil. But what Israel does is also in its interest (in only one particular understanding of it, of course).
Its a pretty wild neighborhood to begin with...
Less evil? Maybe the external politics. I much prefer Israel as a country though. Just not the leaders and their genocidal tendencies vs Gaza.
Iran is a f mess run by religious freak males and they only haven’t done any genocide because they are too busy policing crazy stuff on their own people.
As far as I am concerned they need a delivery of some good old democracy
I must have tagged you as "F take" two months ago at least, and I'm right like every time. Thanks for all the free entertainment.
Israel is a good international neighbor. Iran funds terrorist groups all over the world.
I disagree, but it would be a waste of words to bicker over it.
What matters is fostering security and peace in this moment.
I'm glad Iran says that they're not counter-attacking. I think the US should curtail providing weapons until we've established a shared strategy with Israel. I think we should pursue a strategy with Iran in which we create some incentive for them doing what we want them to do instead of just trying to destabilize a major regional power.
Overall, I think Biden and co are on the complete wrong track, morally AND strategically when it comes to the middle East, and according to polling, not many people disagree with me.
So gas prices are coming down, right?
Sanctions over Iran's actions were only announced like 3 days ago, and trade in the region is still pretty upset over the ongoing Houthi Situation, so this news probably won't have much impact.
On the other hand, who knows what Oil Futures are going to do.
On the other hand, who knows what Oil Futures are going to do.
They are going to go up... That's what they always do. People drive more in the summer, they go up. People stop driving for the fall, they go up. Winter too cold, they go up. Hottest winter in recorded history, they go up.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Iran's foreign minister on Friday refused to acknowledge that Israel was behind the recent attack on his country and described the weapons that were used as more like children's toys.
"What happened last night was not a strike," the foreign minister, Hossein Amirabdollahian, said in an interview with NBC News' Tom Llamas.
Amirabdollahian, who spoke to NBC News in New York where he was attending a U.N. Security Council session, said Iran was not planning to respond unless Israel launches a significant attack.
Iran responded 12 days later, launching an unprecedented, direct military attack on Israel involving more than 300 missiles and drones.
In the following days, the Biden administration urged Israel to exercise restraint and not conduct a retaliatory attack that could trigger a full-blown war between the two adversaries.
The limited scope of the strike and the lack of public statements afterward appears to indicate that both sides are looking to ease tensions, experts said.
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"I'm not owned!!!" Iran insists, as F35s freely roam deep into their airspace
Diplomatically ignoring something to prevent a regional war isn't exactly someone deep in a world of cope.
They know Israel attacked them, and they are being the "better man" diplomatically by playing at ignoring it.
The "like toys" comment is childish and does reek of ownage though.
They literally flew 3 super small drones around some air bases and got their cheeks clapped, there literally wasn't even an attack
Your submarine-convertible F35 Wünderwaffen also didn't play any roles here
Launching hundreds of drones and missiles at civilian targets is not "being the better man".