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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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[–] tryagain@lemmy.ml 41 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

Whoof I absolutely could not get into nbcnews without disabling my ad blocker. Guess I'm not visiting them any more :/

Edit: thank goodness for autotldr! ❤️

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 25 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

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:

http://12ft.io/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/iranian-foreign-minister-says-weapons-used-israeli-attack-toys-childre-rcna148568

[–] Pringles@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago

You need to upgrade your browser skills.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 28 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Great news, Iran isn't killing any civilians. Only israel is doing that.

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago

Well, they are killing civilians, it's just that they're locals.

[–] exanime@lemmy.today 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

So gas prices are coming down, right?

[–] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] exanime@lemmy.today 2 points 5 months ago

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.

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 4 points 5 months ago

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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