Egypt, Iran foreign ministers discuss rising Middle East tensions

Egypt's Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty (R) meets with his counterpart from Iran Abbas Araghchi in Cairo on October 17, 2024. (AFP)
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Updated 04 November 2024
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Egypt, Iran foreign ministers discuss rising Middle East tensions

CAIRO: Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty has reiterated to his Iranian counterpart the urgency of de-escalating Middle East tensions in order to avert a regional war.

During a phone call with Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s foreign minister, Abdelatty discussed his country’s concerns about the possibility of a full-scale regional war amid rising tensions.

Araghchi was in Cairo last month for the first visit to Egypt by a key Iranian official in around a decade. His trip was focused on efforts to de-escalate Israel’s conflicts with Gaza and Lebanon.


UN independent probe strongly condemns US-Israel strikes on Iran

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UN independent probe strongly condemns US-Israel strikes on Iran

GENEVA: An independent United Nations ​probe investigating rights violations in Iran condemned on Wednesday attacks by ‌Israel and ‌the ​United ‌States ⁠on ​Tehran.
“These attacks, ⁠which were followed by Iran’s retaliatory strikes across the ⁠region, run ‌counter ‌to ​the ‌UN Charter, ‌which prohibits the use of force against the ‌territorial integrity or political independence of ⁠any ⁠State,” the UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran said in a statement.