Iran's FM urges UN to prevent Israel's military offensive on Rafah

TEHRAN, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on Monday called on the United Nations to prevent a possible major Israeli offensive on the city of Rafah in southern Gaza.

Amir-Abdollahian made the remarks in a letter addressed to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, according to a statement published on the Iranian Foreign Ministry's website.

"As you rightly said recently,