By Abiola Olawale
Iran’s foreign ministry summoned on Sunday the Ambassadors of Britain, France, and Germany.
The Iranian authorities said it summoned the envoys to quiz their “irresponsible stance” regarding the country’s retaliatory strikes on Israel.
Following Iran’s direct military assault on Israel, three European countries have condemned Iran’s drone and missile attack against Israel, which went through Saturday night.
In a statement issued on Sunday, the director for Western Europe at Iran’s foreign ministry accused the three countries of “double standards”.
The ministry said the attack on Israel is a retaliatory attack of the suspected Israeli strike in Syria that killed two Iranian generals in an Iranian consular building.
“Iran’s military action against the Zionist regime’s (Israel) bases is well within the framework of the right to legitimate defence stipulated in Article 51 of the United Nations Charter and it is in response to a series of crimes, including the recent attack on the embassy compound in Syria,” the official added.
