Iran calls to expel Israel from UN after Syria strike

Iran's foreign ministry called Sunday for an arms embargo on Israel and the expulsion of its arch-foe from the United Nations, following a deadly strike in Syria.

Foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said Tehran "strongly condemned the aggressive attack carried out today by the Zionist regime against a residential building" in the Damascus area.

The strike on an apartment belonging to the Lebanese group Hezbollah, killed nine people including a Hezbollah commander, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor said.