Iran says it reserves right to respond to Israeli attack ‘at appropriate time’

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. Picture: Anmar Khalil/AP

Iran’s foreign minister said in a letter requesting an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council that his country reserves the right to respond to Israel’s recent attacks “at the appropriate time”.

Foreign minister Abbas Araghchi accused Israel of violating Iran’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, and “a flagrant breach of international law and the United Nations Charter”, which prohibits the use of force against any UN member nation.