Iran tells Arab nations it will strike Israel despite war risk

The report came as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened the chiefs of Israel’s security agencies for a situation assessment.

By AKIVA VAN KONINGSVELD

Iranian officials have told Arab diplomats that Tehran is determined to strike Israel even if doing so sparks a regional war, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.

The United States has asked European nations and other allies to convey a message to Tehran not to escalate, the Journal said. U.S. officials have also been pressing Israel to lower tensions, according to the report.

The Islamic Republic’s apparent rejection of calls for restraint came as Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi arrived in Tehran on a rare visit to meet with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and other officials.

The London-based Arabic-language Asharq Al-Awsat news site cited a Jordanian political source as saying on Sunday night that Safadi stressed to the Iranians the “neutrality of Jordan’s airspace.”

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