The Biden White House is – reportedly – holding crisis talks to try to prevent an Iranian attack on Israel.
US President Joe Biden held crisis talks on Monday on a potential Iranian counterattack on Israel as his administration said it was working around the clock to avoid all-out war in the Middle East.
Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken are engaged in frantic diplomacy to try to ease tensions sparked by a suspected Israeli strike that killed Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran last week.
Israeli officials have not claimed responsibility, but Iran has vowed to seek retribution, stoking fears that violence in the Middle East could spiral out of control.
Those fears grew yesterday after Tehran claimed that it has the ‘legal right’ to respond to Haniyeh’s assassination, with foreign ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanani telling a news conference: ‘No one has the…
