In an interview with NBC News, Hossein Amirabdollahian refused to acknowledge that Israel was behind the recent attack on his country.

In an interview with NBC News, Hossein Amirabdollahian refused to acknowledge that Israel was behind the recent attack on his country.

Iran’s foreign minister on Friday refused to acknowledge that Israel was behind the recent attack on his country and described the weapons that were used as more like children’s toys.

“What happened last night was not a strike,” the foreign minister, Hossein Amirabdollahian, said in an interview with NBC News’ Tom Llamas. “They were more like toys that our children play with – not drones.”

Amirabdollahian, who spoke to NBC News in New York where he was attending a U.N. Security Council session, said Iran was not planning to respond unless Israel launches a significant attack.

“As long as there is no new adventurism by Israel against our interests, then we are not going to have any new reactions,” he said.

  • Flying SquidMEnglish
    20•1 month ago

    I hate that Israel has nukes, but I don’t know that it’s a matter of “allow.” Once a country has nukes, taking them away is not going to be very doable. Especially not now after Russia broke its nuclear weapons deal with Ukraine.

    That’s the problem with nukes. Once the genie is out of the bottle, it doesn’t go back in. That’s why, if Iran does end up developing one, it will either be another MAD situation with Israel or they will both nuke each other into oblivion. There’s really no other option on the table.

    • @daltotronEnglish
      3•1 month ago

      I mean, I think the MAD situation between the USSR and the US had some success around mutual disarmament, no? Neither of them are devoid of nukes, now, but if I remember, the days of the world being nuked several times over in the event of ww3 is now long gone as a possibility. I dunno, this is obviously a pretty different situation, and that was kind of, not a fluke, but due to some pretty specific and complicated factors, I think. I dunno, I guess I’m just saying it’s more of a matter of degree than kind of being such an all-or-nothing thing, which is how most people would perceive it.

      • Flying SquidMEnglish
        3•1 month ago

        I mean, I think the MAD situation between the USSR and the US had some success around mutual disarmament, no? Neither of them are devoid of nukes, now, but if I remember, the days of the world being nuked several times over in the event of ww3 is now long gone as a possibility.

        Yeah… I wouldn’t say that.

        https://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/Nuclearweaponswhohaswhat