CAIRO: Egypt's Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty stressed in a phone call with Iran's Acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani that recent developments in the region were "unprecedented, very dangerous" and threatening to stability, Egypt's government said.

Iran Revolutionary Guards say ‘short-range projectile’ killed Hamas chief

On July 31, Palestinian militant group Hamas' top leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in the Iranian capital Tehran, an act both Hamas and Iran have accused Israel of carrying out and have pledged to retaliate against.