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Khatibzadeh also discussed potential diplomatic channels after a G7 summit in Canada.

The UK, along with other G7 allies, has called for de-escalation, but Israel is unlikely to be listening.

That led to speculation by press and staffers that he simply got bored at the G7 and used the Iranian crisis as an excuse to come home.

The strikes hit Ukraine as the president, Volodymyr Zelensky, was travelling to the G7 conference in Canada to meet world leaders.

On Tuesday, while travelling back to the US from a G7 summit in Canada, he said he was "not too much in the mood to negotiate with Iran".