Iran FM: Tehran determined to respond to Israel's attack at 'appropriate time'

Islamabad — 

Iran's main diplomat said Tuesday that Tehran opposes subject escalation successful the portion but "will surely respond" to the deadly Oct. 26 onslaught by Israel against his country.

During an authoritative sojourn to neighboring Pakistan, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi discussed the Israeli onslaught connected Iranian subject bases and different installations, resulting successful the deaths of astatine slightest 5 people, mostly information personnel.

"Unlike the Israeli regime, the Islamic Republic of Iran does not question escalation. However, we reserve our inherent close to morganatic defence nether Article 51 of the United Nations Charter," helium told a associated quality league successful Islamabad with his Pakistani counterpart, Ishaq Dar.

"We would surely respond to the Israeli aggression successful a due clip and successful a due mode successful a precise measured and well-calculated manner," Araghchi said without elaborating further.

Israeli warplanes conducted the October 26 strikes, saying they were successful retaliation for Tehran's rocket barrage connected October 1. Iran described its subject enactment arsenic a effect to the sidesplitting of militant leaders backed by Tehran and a commandant from the Revolutionary Guards.

On Sunday, Iranian authorities media quoted President Masoud Pezeshkian arsenic saying that a imaginable cease-fire betwixt its determination allies and Israel "could impact the strength and benignant of" Iran's effect to the Israeli attack.

Dar stated Tuesday that during discussions with his Iranian counterpart, some sides condemned the "unrestrained Israeli aggression" successful the Middle East and emphasized the urgent request for a "cease-fire" and "de-escalation."

Gas pipeline

Araghchi said that during his meetings successful Islamabad, helium besides stressed the request to boost political, economic, commercial, and vigor practice betwixt Iran and Pakistan. He described coercion arsenic a communal menace for some countries and urged enhanced cooperation.

The 2 overseas ministers did not sermon the presumption of a long-stalled multi-billion-dollar pipeline, though, intended to export Iranian earthy state to energy-starved Pakistan.

The United States is opposed to the task arsenic a usurpation of its sanctions connected Iran implicit its atomic and ballistic rocket programs.

Under a 2009 state income and acquisition statement for the cross-border pipeline, the Iranian broadside indispensable proviso Pakistan with up to 1 cardinal cubic feet of state per time from Iran's South Pars Field. However, the task has been connected clasp since then.

Iranian officials person agelong announced that the 900-kilometer pipeline is completed connected their broadside of the border. Pakistani officials accidental they person not started constructing their information of the pipeline for fearfulness of being slapped with U.S. sanctions.

Tehran has been pressing Islamabad to uphold its extremity of the task oregon wage a reported fiscal punishment of up to $18 cardinal for delaying it.

Pakistan has precocious hired the services of 2 U.S.-based instrumentality firms to correspond the state astatine the International Court of Arbitration successful anticipation of a imaginable concern successful which Iran whitethorn compel Islamabad to fulfill its obligations oregon look fiscal penalties.

The determination followed Tehran's reported last announcement to Islamabad successful August earlier seeking arbitration from the Paris-based body.