The prime minister tells President Masoud Pezeshkian he is 'deeply concerned' amid growing fears Iran will retaliate against Israel over the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh.
Sir Keir Starmer has spoken with Iran's president as part of international efforts to de-escalate tensions in the Middle East. The 30-minute phone conversation with Masoud Pezeshkian followed a joint statement issued by the UK, US, France, and Germany, which called on Iran and its allies to 'stand down its ongoing threats of a military attack against Israel'.
to bring Iran down from the edge', Bunkall said. That is to say 'look, if we can try and push forward with a ceasefire deal and ceasefire talks are due to take place on Thursday, then anything that you do in between that, or even after that, runs the risk of collapsing those talks', he added.
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