Avoiding a ‘generalised’ crisis is still possible – Head of Iranian diplomacy

The head of Iranian diplomacy has suggested that it is still possible to avoid a “generalised crisis”, against a backdrop of fear of regional conflagration since the attack carried out by Palestinian Hamas against Israel on October 7.

“There is still a political opportunity to avoid a generalized crisis in the region,” said Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian.

“Perhaps it will be too late in the coming hours,” he warned.

The Israeli state and the United States fear the opening of a second front in northern Israel on the border with Lebanon, especially if Hezbollah, supported by Iran, decides to intervene in the war between their Islamist ally Hamas and Israel.

Speaking from the Iranian Embassy in Beirut, Amir-Abdollahian reiterated that Iran’s regional allies (Syria, Hezbollah, Hamas, among others), known informally as the “Axis of resistance”, could react in the event of an escalation of the Israeli offensive in Gaza.

“The resistance (to Israel, editor’s note), on other fronts, has placed all possible scenarios before it, it has its finger on the trigger,” he added.

(AFP)