The British Foreign Minister, Yvette Cooper, warned this Sunday that the reactivation of hostilities between Iran and Israel "benefits no one" and urged both governments to reduce tension "immediately," in a context marked by the bombings of the Israeli Army on Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, and the subsequent Iranian response with the launch of projectiles against northern Israel.
In a message disseminated on social networks, the head of UK diplomacy stressed that "The resumption of the conflict between Iran and Israel benefits no one. Both parties must act with restraint and de-escalate tension immediately."
Cooper then emphasized the need to keep dialogue channels open to achieve a "lasting solution," which she considered essential for regional "peace" and "stability," as well as for the "full recovery of world trade."
Hours earlier, Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs had communicated that its head, Abbas Araqchi, had held several telephone conversations in the last few hours with Cooper herself and with officials from Turkey, France, Pakistan, and Qatar.
These diplomatic efforts come after the Islamic Republic launched at least three waves of projectiles against northern Israel this very Sunday, which led to the activation of anti-aircraft alarms in almost 300 points in Israeli territory.
Tehran has presented this attack as a "warning" against the Israeli bombing carried out on the same day on Dahiye, the southern Beirut neighborhood considered a bastion of the Lebanese Shiite party-militia Hezbollah.