Iran has reaffirmed its right to
react to last month's assassinations of Hamas political leader
Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, and of a Hezbollah leader in Beirut,
Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said after a long phone call
with his Iranian counterpart Ali Bagher, in which he urged
restraint in attacking Israel so as to avert jeopardising
Mideast peace hopes.
"I had a half-hour conversation on the phone with Iran's foreign
minister to whom I reiterated my call for caution," Tajani told
journalists in Locarno at the end of the call, made while he is
on a visit to Switzerland.
"On the part of the Iranian minister in response there was a
firm position: he reiterated Iran's right to react for the
attack on Iranian territory and the consulate in Damascus.
"We have stressed that stability in the Middle East is
fundamental for everyone, I hope that our call for moderation
will be heard."
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