"No self-respecting country would tolerate it": Israeli envoy to US defends strikes on Iran

Iran Herald · June 8, 2026 War

Washington, DC [US], June 8 (ANI): The Israeli Ambassador to the United States, Yechiel Leiter, has robustly defended his country's kinetic operations inside Iranian territory, asserting that 'no self-respecting country' would tolerate the repeated missile barrages launched by Tehran against Israeli citizens.