The Iranian Foreign Minister, Hosein Amirabdolahian, held a telephone conversation this Sunday with the High Representative of EU Foreign and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, to whom he informed that there is a risk that the war in Gaza could spread across the Middle East region.

“The root of the current situation is the occupation and aggression of the Zionist regime. If Israeli war crimes against (the Palestinian population) in Gaza and the West Bank do not stop, it is possible that the war will worsen and expand throughout the region,” Amirabdolahian said in statements reported by the Iranian Fars news agency.

Amirabdolahian has also warned that the forcible displacement of Palestinians from their homeland would be a mistake and has pointed to the United States as the main factor encouraging Israel to continue the “massacre” of civilians in the Gaza Strip.

For this reason, he has advocated for the “immediate cessation” of “crimes” against the Palestinian population.. “The Zionist regime's military attacks against the people of Gaza must cease as soon as possible to allow the delivery of humanitarian aid,” he added.

Borrell, for his part, has agreed to note the tension in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank and the need to reduce it as soon as possible and has stressed that the EU is trying to make Israel respect its obligations under International Law, Fars has highlighted.

The European diplomat has highlighted the possibility that Iran will help reduce tension in the region. The EU thus considers that diplomacy is the best solution to the Palestine conflict and that military attacks only aggravate the crisis.