President of the european commission who is reiterating what we have heard from global leaders. she says it is absolutely, an absolute necessity that the reon stays stable and all sides refrain from further action. there is so much diplomacy trying to bring down the tempo. we expect to hear from the u.s. secretary of state antony blinken who is at that summit in italy where we are expecting a briefing. we will hear from them as well. france has responded saying there is a need to deescalate. so we are watching all of these developments as the global community tries to urge both sides to refrain from any further action. as we have been reporting. iranian officials have said to the reuters news agency they