{"id":8936,"date":"2024-10-19T16:13:54","date_gmt":"2024-10-19T11:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/?p=8936"},"modified":"2024-10-19T16:13:56","modified_gmt":"2024-10-19T11:13:56","slug":"iran-in-favor-of-peace-but-prepared-for-any-scenario-foreign-minister-araghchi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en_gb\/asia\/iran-in-favor-of-peace-but-prepared-for-any-scenario-foreign-minister-araghchi\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran in favor of peace but prepared for any scenario: Foreign Minister Araghchi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Iran is in favor of peace but it is also prepared for any scenario, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The spread of the war in the region is a serious threat; we are in favor of peace, but we are also prepared for any scenario,&#8221; he told a press conference with his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan in Istanbul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite international outcry and efforts to the end the conflicts, Israel continues its air and ground attacks in both Lebanon and Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this month, Iran launched missiles into Israel in retaliation for assassination of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh and Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed that Iran would &#8220;pay&#8221; for the attacks, and is said to be still deliberating how to respond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Araghchi said Israel is trying to set the region on fire with its attacks in Gaza and Lebanon, adding: &#8220;The Israeli regime recognizes no limits in its war crimes. We support a permanent and immediate cease-fire in Gaza and Lebanon.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>T\u00fcrkiye&#8217;s stance &#8220;in supporting the Palestinian people and standing up against the Israel&#8217;s crimes is commendable,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Araghci is on a two-day visit to T\u00fcrkiye that began on Friday.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran is in favor of peace but it is also prepared for any scenario, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Saturday. &#8220;The spread of the war in the region is a serious threat; we are in favor of peace, but we are also prepared for any scenario,&#8221; he told a press conference with his Turkish [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":8937,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80,396],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia","category-latest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8936"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8936\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}