Iran closed its nuclear facilities on Sunday, the day of its attack on Israel, the director of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, said on Monday.
During a press conference on the sidelines of a meeting of the UN Security Council devoted to the Ukrainian Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, Rafael Grossi was asked about the possibility of an Israeli retaliatory strike against Iranian nuclear installations.
“We are still concerned about this possibility,” replied the IAEA chief. “What I can tell you is that our inspectors in Iran were informed by the Iranian government that yesterday [dimanche]all nuclear facilities that we inspect every day would remain closed for safety reasons,” he added.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi spoke on the telephone with his Iranian counterpart, the official Xinhua news agency reported this Tuesday, specifying that Tehran had once again expressed its “desire for restraint” after its unprecedented attack on Israeli territory.
Hossein Amir-Abdollahian informed Wang Yi of the Iranian position regarding the bombing, attributed to Israel, of an annex of the Iranian embassy in Damascus, Syria. Still according to the Chinese agency, the Iranian diplomat estimated that the United Nations Security Council “did not provide the necessary response to this attack” and that “Iran has the right to self-defense in response to the violation of its sovereignty”.
Israeli army chief of staff Herzi Halevi on Monday promised a “response” to Iran’s attack during a speech to soldiers at the Nevatim base hit by an Iranian strike .
Speaking shortly afterward at the base, army spokesman Daniel Hagari said: “We will do whatever is necessary to protect the State of Israel, and we will do so as appropriate and appropriate.” that we will choose.”
Hello everyone. Since Saturday evening, the editorial staff of 20 minutes is mobilized to give you all the information on the consequences of Iran’s unprecedented attack against Israel. Many countries, led by the United States, are trying to put pressure on the Jewish state so that its “response” is not synonymous with escalation in the Middle East, a region already bereaved by the ongoing war in the Strip. from Gaza.