Exercise of restraint may be an inflection point for region if the US and Europe commit to ending the war in Gaza
airbase near Isfahan. Seeking to end this dangerous escalation, Tehran announced it would not retaliate and Israel said its operation was over.
Tension rose steeply after the April 1st Israeli bombing of the Iranian consulate in Damascus which killed 16 people, including seven Iranian Republican Guard officers. Despite Israel’s provocation, Iran said it would not retaliate if the UN condemned the attack on the consulate or Israel implemented a ceasefire in Gaza.
Executive director of Washington’s Quincy Institute think tank Trita Parsi posted on X: “If Iran continues to downplay the Israeli attack, dismiss it as nothing and as a result, stops the cycle, it will expect to be recognized as the more rational and restrained party escalatory to this conflict.” In mid-October Parsi, writing on the Quincy Institute’s Responsible Statecraft website, said US president Joe Biden “had to push for a ceasefire in order to prevent the slaughter in Gaza from escalating into a regional war with Iran. Instead, he vetoed 3 UN resolutions demanding a ceasefire & undermined a fourth. So here we are.”
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