Newsman: Iran insisted it has “absolutely no interest in a broader war,” hours after it fired dozens of missiles at Israel in response to the assassinations of Hezbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah and Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh.
Government spokeswoman Fatemeh Mohajerani told reporters on Wednesday that Israel is responsible for the regional escalation and that Tehran is acting in self-defense.
The spokeswoman said Israel “fueled this atmosphere,” but added that “we will never allow an inch of our soil or the dignity of Iran to be stained.”
Iran “restrained” itself after the assassination of Haniyeh “despite demands” from its people to respond, Mohajerani said, “because it was interested in peace in Gaza.” Haniyeh was assassinated in the Iranian capital, Tehran, in July in an attack widely believed to have been carried out by Israel.
Iran fired 200 ballistic missiles at Israel. Many were intercepted, the Israeli military said, although some hit the ground in Israel and the occupied West Bank.
