Israel's tough words following Iranian attack are 'a threat, not an action', Iran's UN ambassador says

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Tensions in the region reach boiling point, sparking fears of a conflict engulfing a larger part of the Middle East.

Iran's ambassador to the UN has told Sky News that Israel's promise of a significant response to Saturday's attack is 'a threat, not an action'. Amir Saeid Iravani was speaking exclusively to Sky's James Matthews after an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council in New York on Sunday.

' Israel managed to repel most of Iran's weekend attack, with the help of its Iron Dome defence system and forces from the US, UK, Jordan and France. Analysis:Will Israel let an attack by Iran go unpunished? Probably notAll-out war, or not, in the Middle East? Ahead of Israel's war cabinet meeting, centrist minister and war cabinet member Benny Gantz said: 'We will build a regional coalition and exact the price from Iran in the fashion and timing that is right for us.

 

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