Photo taken on June 16, 2025 shows missile wreckage in Safed, northern Israel. [Photo by David Cohen/JINI via Xinhua]

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The joint statement also warned against targeting nuclear facilities under the International Atomic Energy Agency Safeguards, and urged all those concerned to return to the table of negotiations as soon as possible.

The ministers also stressed that the ongoing crisis cannot be resolved by military means.

Meanwhile, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei urged the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to condemn Israel’s aggression.

“This is a blatant aggression. Full stop. The world needs your office to condemn it ‘unequivocally’ – no ambiguity, no justification, no letting the aggressor hide behind ‘twisted concepts’,” said Baqaei in a post on X.

“Your mandate demands it,” he added.

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The IRGC chief commander cautioned that Israel would face consequences for its “conspiracies” in the region, emphasizing that Israel must realize that by creating insecurity, it cannot guarantee its own safety.

In response to the Israeli strike on the Iranian consulate, he said Iran would not leave any hostile actions unanswered, noting that “our brave men will punish Israel.”

Protestors issued a statement at the end of the rallies, saying Israel’s “desperate” moves “will definitely receive a tough and regret-inducing response” from Iran, according to the semi-official Fars news agency.