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Weekend: Iran declares no further retaliation against Israel after strikes

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20/04/2024 GMT

Iran declares no further retaliation against Israel after strikes

BBC World Service - Weekend, Iran declares no further retaliation against Israel after strikes

Iran has continued to downplay Friday morning's reports of a drone assault on Isfahan.

An Israeli official stated that Israel conducted a strike on Iran early Friday in response to a series of missile and drone attacks launched last weekend. The extent of the damage caused by the strike was not immediately clear. The official suggested that the strike was meant to demonstrate Israel's capability to launch attacks within Iran. Iran's foreign minister, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, has warned that his country will give what he called "an immediate and maximum response" if there is a significant attack on it by Israel.

Also on the programme: the US House of Representatives will vote on foreign aid bills, including a military assistance package worth over sixty billion dollars for Ukraine. And, over fifty thousand runners, including elite athletes, will participate in the London Marathon tomorrow.

Joining presenter Julian Worricker are Ali Allawi, economist, writer, and former finance minister and deputy prime minister of Iraq, and Nathalie Tocci, director of the Institute of International Affairs in Rome and special advisor to EU High Representative and Vice President of the Commission, Josep Borrell.

(Picture: Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian. Credit: Eduardo Muñoz/Reuters)

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