Tehran reserves the right to respond to last month’s Israeli airstrikes on Iran, but is also taking into account other developments in the region, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Wednesday.
Araghchi told reporters during a visit to Lisbon that Iran welcomed the ceasefire agreement in Lebanon reached on Tuesday and hoped it would lead to a lasting truce.
The ceasefire between Israel and the Iranian-backed Hezbollah group took effect on Wednesday, brokered by the United States and France.
Asked whether the ceasefire would ease tensions between Israel and Iran, he said: “That depends on Israel’s behavior.”
“Of course, we reserve the right to respond to the recent Israeli aggression, but we take into account all developments in the region,” he said.
Israel struck targets in Iran on October 26 in response to an Iranian missile attack on Israel on October 1.
Ali Larijani, a senior adviser to Iran’s supreme leader, said in an interview published by Iran’s Tasnim news agency on Sunday that his country was preparing to “respond” to Israel.
