Israel is on high alert for any escalation with Iran and has warned Tehran against testing its military capabilities, the country's ambassador to the UN said on Tuesday.
Iran has been rocked by widespread protests in recent weeks, with thousands of demonstrators reported killed and regional tension soaring amid threats of intervention by Israel and the US.
“We are in high readiness. If something will happen … we are ready with our defence capability,” Danny Danon told a group of reporters at UN headquarters in New York.
Mr Danon accused Iran’s leadership of spending billions of dollars supporting militant groups across the Middle East, including Hezbollah, Hamas, Yemen’s Houthis and allied militias in Iraq, rather than on domestic needs.
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He accused Tehran of continuing to advance its missile programme, conceal enriched uranium and crack down violently on dissent at hom
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