we're interrupting uh the normal course of programming to go live. we are running foreign minister abchi he said iran attacked uh israel as um legitimate self-defense in response to the israeli aggressions and crimes and assassinations. he also added that we do not seek war. we're going to keep you posted on the details of that story much more as we get few right here on press tv. we'll be back in just under two minutes with the world news. stick around. اي قناه الطبعه. the headlines khamenei says iran's latest retaliatory response to israel was legitimate and lawful and the least punishment for. um, the regime for its aggression. the top iranian diplomat is in lebanon for talks with top officials in the ongoing israeli attacks on the arab country, and israel launches fresh air strikes on southern beirot using bunkerbuster bombs to hit the lebanese capital.

abchi issued call after he arrived in the syrian capital damascus, he said israel's ongoing crimes ine added, iran has been continuously discussing latest developments in west asia with its regional allies such as lebanon and syria. and she also has sat down assyrian counterpart, basam sabaq to top. mas discussed various regional and international issues, the iranian foreign minister traveled to syria after a trip to beirot to discuss this really aggression against lebanon, and while in beira issued a stern warning to israel, causing the regime against any military action against iran, i said that terron's response to any further israeli aggression against the country will be harsher than before, and joining us out for our terron. studios is a roya purber from our press tv news room for more on the story, hello roya, good to have you uh join us, your initial thoughts of the iranian form minister she's uh visit to lebanon, it's not, he just got to syria so we don't have to get into that, but as far as uh his trip to lebanon, what do you hope to achieve in that trip and uh some of the w