Iran told US it does not want war to expand, FT reports

Iran told the US it does not want the war in Gaza to spread elsewhere, Tehran's top diplomat has said, according to the Financial Times.

Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said in an interview messages have been exchanged between Iran and the US since the war started through back channels.

“In response to the US, we said that Iran does not want the war to spread, but due to the approach adopted by the US and Israel in the region, if the crimes against the people of Gaza and the West Bank are not stopped, any possibility could be considered, and a wider conflict could prove inevitable,” Amir-Abdollahian said.