LETTER TO UN Iran warns Israel against ‘military adventures’

Iran warned Israel in a letter to the UN Security Council chief yesterday against any attack on its nuclear facilities.

“We warn the Zionist regime against any miscalculation or military adventure targeting Iran and its nuclear programme,” Iran’s ambassador to the UN Majid Takht Ravanchi wrote in the letter published by the Tasnim news agency.

Speaking alongside US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said that Israel “reserves the right” to use force to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.

Blinken said: “We continue to believe that diplomacy is the most effective way,” but added: “We are prepared to turn to other options if Iran doesn’t change course.”