Less than 24 hours after our Foreign Minister Wang Yi made a phone call, Egypt informed airlines to avoid the airspace of Iran and Lebanon for two time periods, and just when the outside world thought that Iran's retaliation was finally about to begin, the US side said that there were variables in this matter.
Since the death of Hania, there has been a lot of attention on Iran's retaliation against Israel. United States and Israel are also actively preparing to deal with Iran in recent days, and the United States has not only transferred a number of aircraft carriers to the Middle East, but also discussed this matter with many countries.
Iran also convened a meeting of representatives of several armed groups at the beginning of this month to discuss how to retaliate against Israel, and United States also thought that Iran would start this Monday, but Iran has not made much movement today. United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken has also called on both Iran and Israel to exercise restraint in recent days.
After all, this time the situation is different from the previous one, the attack took place directly in the territory of Iran, which is a rather bad provocation for the Iran, so many analysts predict that the means of retaliation Israel this time Iran will escalate and be larger, and the Lebanon Allah party will most likely be involved.
And this time, most of the countries surrounding Israel will not help it, after all, at this juncture, the attack on Haniyeh is a big shock to the ceasefire negotiations in Gaza. Therefore, United States currently has only two ends of mediation to avoid making things bigger.
Just as the situation in the Middle East continues to be tense, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi also called Egypt in the past two days, in which Wang Yi told Egypt Foreign Minister Abdelati that the assassination of Haniah has pushed the situation in Gaza to a more dangerous situation, but retribution can only be a vicious circle, and countering violence with violence will intensify the contradictions.
Therefore, Wang Yi also called on all Arab countries to unite and avoid the deterioration and escalation of the situation through the efforts of all parties. Obviously, Wang Yi's remarks are a reminder of restraint to all parties, and at the same time, he hopes that Arab countries will play a more important role in this matter. It is worth mentioning that less than 24 hours after the phone call between the foreign ministers of China and Egypt, Egypt issued an important notice.
It is reported that the Ministry of Civil Aviation of Egypt informed airlines to avoid flying over the airspace of Iran and Lebanon during two time periods, between 11:30 and 14:30 Tehran time on August 7 and between 4:30 and 7:30 on August 8. At the same time, the United Kingdom made the same notification.
As soon as the news came out, it immediately aroused great concern from the international community. At this sensitive moment, Egypt and United Kingdom have issued the same notice, which inevitably does not give the impression that Iran and Lebanon are making moves. Egypt media also said that Iran had issued a "ban on flights over western airspace", but Iran denied this claim.
It can be seen that many countries are currently in a state of nervousness, and just as the international community is waiting to see when Iran will act, new news has come from the United States side. It is reported that some US officials revealed that Iran is currently "reconsidering" the way to respond to the attack on Hania.
Moreover, United States officials also said that Iran now appears to be recalibrating its attitude and that the United States does not believe that Iran will immediately attack Israel. In recent days, the United States government has also been lobbying Iran through intermediaries to reconsider the attack on Israel, because the attack on Chanih did not cause any casualties among Iran citizens, so they should reassess the matter.
In fact, a few days ago, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Kanaani also publicly stated that although their counterattack against Iran is "inevitable", they do not want to aggravate the tension in the Middle East. Obviously, Iran is well aware of the current situation, and although this incident has made them feel "insulted", impulsive retaliation is not the best option for them.
Because Israel specifically chose Tehran to provoke Iran, and Iran behind Hamas is Israel's real goal. If Iran launches a large-scale military attack on Israel this time, it will also give Israel the opportunity to strike at Iran, thus pulling Iran directly into the battlefield of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
In addition, China and Russia also came forward this time, and Shoigu, secretary of the Russia Federal Security Council, helped Putin talk during his visit to Iran in the past two days, so that Iran could exercise restraint in retaliation. Obviously, this is China and Russia reminding Iran not to fall into Israel's trap.
This would not only increase tensions in the Middle East, but would also make it more difficult for Iran to broker a ceasefire in Gaza. Therefore, if Iran wants to export its evil anger, it can seek a safe way, and it is wise not to retaliate against Israel immediately.