Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei announced that Iran did not send any messages to Israel via a third country, according to Arab News.
The announcement was a response to Cyprus’s statement that Tehran has asked the Cypriot government to convey “some messages” to Israel.
On Sunday, Cyprus stressed the need for restraint during a rapidly escalating crisis between Israel and Iran and mounting tensions in the Middle East.
President Nikos Christodoulides spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and also communicated with the leaders of Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Greece.
Christodoulides told journalists that Iran had asked Cyprus to convey ‘some messages’ to Israel. However, he did not mention who specifically sent those messages or what they said.
Meanwhile, Cyprus urged the EU Foreign Affairs Council to hold an extraordinary meeting.
“It is not possible for the EU to claim a geopolitical role, to see all these developments and for there not to be at the very least a convening of the Council of Foreign Ministers,” Christodoulides told journalists.
On June 13, Israel launched a wave of airstrikes on Iran under the name of Operation Rising Lion. The military campaign targeted Iran’s nuclear facilities and killed top military commanders and nuclear scientists.
As a response, Iran launched a retaliatory wave of missiles against Israel and targeted Tel Aviv. Israel also killed three more Iranian nuclear scientists, raising the total number of scientists slain to nine, according to Gulf News.
Currently, both countries are trading missiles and attacks amid intensifying efforts to halt the conflict.
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