U.S. allies have been calling Tehran to urge caution.
Iranians attend a commemorations for the Revolutionary Guard Corps members killed in a strike on the country's consular annex in Damascus. Photo: Hossein Beris/Middle East Images/AFP via Gettybombing of its consular building in Damascus last week, but will do so in an "appropriate" and limited way, a source with direct knowledge of the call told Axios.
That calls took place after White House Middle East czar Brett McGurk had called the Arab foreign ministers and asked them to pass a message to Iran about the need for de-escalation, according to a source with direct knowledge.The 90-minute call between Baerbock and Amir-Abdollahian focused almost entirely on the recent tensions, according to the source with knowledge of the call.
Baerbock conveyed a message from the U.S., warning Amir-Abdollahian not to underestimate the scope of the Israeli response to an attack against it from Iranian soil, the source said. British prime minister Rishi Sunak said in a statement that Iran's threats to attack Israel "are completely unacceptable" and stressed that the U.K. "fully supports Israel's right to defend itself against that."
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