Voice of America News reports: “Iran’s foreign ministry rejected calls for restraint in its response to the killing of a Hamas leader in Tehran, saying the pleas from France, Germany and Britain ‘lack political logic and contradict principles of international law.’

The three European countries issued a statement Monday calling on Iran and its allies to refrain from attacks against Israel.

‘Without any objection to the crimes of the Zionist regime [Israel], the E3 statement impudently requires Iran not to respond to a violation of its sovereignty and territorial integrity,’ Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani said.

Kanaani called on Paris, Berlin and London to ‘once and for all stand up against the war in Gaza and the warmongering of Israel.’

Iran’s president on Monday told Britain’s prime minister that Iran has a right to retaliate against Israel over the killing of Hamas official Ismail Haniyeh, and retaliation would discourage future aggression, according to a report by Iran’s official IRNA news agency…”