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Russia has called for restraint from all parties involved following Iran's recent drone and missile attack on Israel. While expressing deep concern over the situation, Russia has refrained from publicly criticizing its ally Iran for the strikes.

Turkish and American top diplomats have discussed on the phone the latest developments in Gaza amid fears of a fresh escalation between Israel and Iran.

According to Turkish diplomatic sources, the phone conversation between Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken occurred upon the initiative of the latter.

Israel helped Cyprus foil an Iranian-ordered attack against Israelis and Jews on the island, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said on Sunday, saying such plots were on the rise since the Gaza war erupted.

The Cypriot government remains silent over an alleged thwarted attack orchestrated by Tehran on Israeli targets on the island, with the Iranian embassy dismissing the news story and calling it a "Zionist conspiracy" aimed at driving a wedge between Nicosia and Tehran.

Albania severed diplomatic relations with Iran on Wednesday and kicked out its diplomats after a cyberattack in July it blamed on the Islamic Republic of Iran.

The anarchist group Rouvikonas, whose members smashed the windows of the guard's booth outside the Iranian Embassy last month and threw paint at the building's facade, has reached out to students, advertising meetings with its members at Athens University's philosophy faculty in a post on Facebook.

Athens police headquarters (GADA) has launched a new training program for officers to improve security at potential targets in the capital such as the Iranian Embassy which was attacked last month by members of the anarchist group Rouvikonas.

Deputy Citizens' Protection Minister Katerinia Papakosta said on Wednesday she wants to send the Rouvikonas anti-establishment group the bill for the material damages it caused to the Iranian embassy in its early morning paint attack on Monday. 

A man armed with a knife attacked two employees of the Iranian Embassy outside the building in which it is housed in Psychico, northern Athens, Wednesday, before fleeing the scene, police said.

One of the victims was injured in the face and the other in the stomach, police said. It was not clear what the motive for the attack may have been.

The Saudi-led coalition and Yemen's foreign ministry denied Iran's accusation that Saudi warplanes had hit its embassy in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa.

Iran on Jan. 7 said the warplanes had attacked its embassy in Yemen's capital on Jan. 6 night, an accusation that exacerbated tension between the major Shi'ite and Sunni powers in the region.