The three European countries issued a statement on Monday calling on Iran and its allies to refrain from attacks against Israel following the killing of Ismail Haniyeh, the political chief of Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Tehran last month.
Tehran and its allies, Hamas and the Lebanese Shi'ite group Hezbollah, have accused Israel of carrying out the assassination. The Israeli government has made no claim of responsibility.
"Without any objection to the crimes of the Zionist regime (Israel), the E3 statement impudently requires Iran not to respond to a violation of its sovereignty and territorial integrity," Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani said. READ MORE