Iranian Foreign Minister Hussein Amirabdollahian has come out in favour of easing tensions in the Middle East in remarks to Iranian media in New York on Saturday, following tit-for-tat attacks between Israel and Iran. “War and military tensions are of no benefit to any party in the region, and so fundamental solutions must be found,” Amirabdollahian said. All sides needed to focus on a political solution, he said. Israel had to cease “its war crimes” in the region, Amirabdollahian said. Humanitarian aid and an exchange of hostages for prisoners in the Gaza conflict would then become possible, …