Iran FM continues regional tour with Syria

Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian left Oman to visit Syria’s capital Damascus a week after Iran’s consulate there was targeted in a suspected Israeli attack, Reuters reported state media saying today.

Iran has vowed to avenge the death of seven of its Revolutionary Guards commanders who were killed in the attack, with a senior adviser to the Supreme Leader saying yesterday that Israeli embassies were no longer safe.

Amirabdollahian started a regional tour in Muscat yesterday, where he met Omani officials and a representative of Yemen’s Houthis Mohamed Abdelsalam, who said the group would continue to target Israel-bound ships until a ceasefire is reached in Gaza.

“The attack on Iran’s embassy building in Damascus is a new step in Israel’s warmongering and its attempt to expand war regionally,” Amirabdollahian said in Oman.

Israel typically does not discuss attacks by its forces on Syria. Asked about the strike last week, an Israeli military spokesperson said: “We do not comment on reports in the foreign media.”

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