Iran Update, August 7, 2024
August 7, 2024 - ISW Press![](https://understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumb-wide/public/Israel-Hamas%20War%20Graphic_716.jpg?itok=a4yg4A-J)
Acting Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani defended Iran’s impending retaliatory strike against Israel while signaling that Iran seeks to avoid a regional war during an Organization of Islamic Cooperation meeting in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on August 7. Bagheri Kani argued that Iran “has no choice” but to exercise its right to self-defense and restore deterrence against Israel.