Iran will not leave Israel's 'criminal acts' unanswered, says foreign ministry

Lebanese national flag flies at half-mast outside the government palace in Beirut

A Lebanese national flag flies at half-mast outside the government palace on the first of three days of mourning after Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli air strike on Friday, in Beirut, Lebanon September 30, 2024. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

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Iran will not leave any of "the criminal acts" of Israel unanswered, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani said on Monday, referring to the killing of Hezbollah's chief and an Iranian Guard deputy commander in Lebanon.

Brigadier General Abbas Nilforoushan was killed in Israeli strikes on Beirut on Friday, in which Hezbollah's leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah also died.

Israel's intensified attacks against the Hezbollah militia in Lebanon and the Houthi militia in Yemen have prompted fears that Middle East fighting could spin out of control and draw in Iran and the United States, Israel's main ally.

"We stand strongly and we will act in a way that is regretful [for the enemy]" Kanaani told a weekly news conference, adding that Iran does not seek war but is not afraid of it.

Kanaani said that Iran is closely following up on matters with the Lebanese authorities, referring to the strikes that killed Nasrallah and Nilforoushan.

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By Reuters