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TEHRAN: Tehran on Monday (Apr 15) called on Western nations to “appreciate Iran’s restraint” towards Israel after it attacked its regional foe in response to a deadly strike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus.
“Instead of making accusations against Iran, (Western) countries should blame themselves and answer to public opinion for the measures they have taken against the … war crimes committed by Israel” in its war against Tehran-backed Hamas in Gaza, said Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani.
The spokesman added that Western countries “should appreciate Iran’s restraint in recent months”.
Western governments have condemned Iran over its unprecedented drone and missile attack on Israel, which Tehran insists was an act of “self-defence”.
Iran’s first direct attack on Israel, which began on Saturday, was in response to an Apr 1 strike on Tehran’s consulate in Damascus which has been widely attributed to Israel.
The Damascus strike levelled the five storey consular annexe of the Iranian embassy in the Syrian capital and killed seven Revolutionary Guards, two of them generals.
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