European and Western leaders condemn Tehran's aggression but ask all parties for restraint to avoid aggravating the conflict in the Middle East. G-7 leaders have “strongly condemned” the Iranian attack and have reiterated their “full support for Israel's security” NATO also calls for “moderation” and we call for moderation and we closely follow the evolution of events in the Mideast, writes Farah Dakhlallah.

“We must control the 'in crescendo' process of 'I attack, you attack' May cause a high-intensity regional war that completely destabilizes the region and prevents us from ending the war in Gaza,” says Josep Borrell, the EU’s senior foreign policy official. The increasingly complex situation will also occupy part of the agenda of the heads of State and Government who meet again this week in Brussels, says Charles Michel, the president of the European Council. The shared fear is that, as the European Chamber of Commerce says, there will be “more chaos in Middle East”