The remarks made by Iran’s envoy to New York coincide with concerns about a potential regional conflict involving Israel and the Hezbollah movement in Lebanon, which Iran supports. Since the start of the conflict in Gaza, the two sides have exchanged gunfire almost every day.
This month has seen an increase in these conversations as well as bellicose rhetoric on both sides. After the Israeli military declared that plans for an offensive in Lebanon had been “approved and validated,” Hezbollah retorted that a full-scale confrontation would not spare any part of Israel.
The Iranian delegation stated that it “deems as psychological warfare the Zionist regime’s propaganda about intending to attack Lebanon” in a post on the social media platform X.
“An obliterating war will ensue should it embark on full-scale military aggression,” it continued. Everything is on the table, including the complete participation of all Resistance Fronts.
When Hamas Palestinian militants invaded southern Israel in October, the Gaza War broke out.
Iran, a country that supports Hamas, has acknowledged the success of the attack and denied any role in it.
Iran-backed rebels in Yemen have attacked commercial ships in the Red Sea region on multiple occasions, claiming these strikes are acts of sympathy with the Palestinians, in addition to Hezbollah’s operations on northern Israel.
Iran supports other regional groups as well.
Since the 1979 revolution that overthrew Iran’s shah, who was supported by the United States, the Islamic Republic has refused to recognize Israel.
In April, fears of a regional conflict also increased following an airstrike that destroyed Iran’s consulate in Damascus and claimed the lives of seven Revolutionary Guardsmen, including two generals.
On April 13–14, Iran retaliated against Israel with an unparalleled drone and missile onslaught.
Later, explosions were reported by Iran’s official media in the central province of Isfahan, while US media published statements from US officials claiming that Israel had struck back at its bitterest adversary.
Tehran played down the alleged Israeli attack.
