Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif is accusing Israel of engaging in "adventurism" with its airstrikes in Syria.
In an interview to Germany's Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper, Zarif said he could not rule out the possibility of a military conflict with Israel.
Zarif said that Iran was in Syria at the invitation of the Syrian government, while Israel was violating Lebanese and Syrian air space, as well as international law, by carrying out the airstrikes attributed to it.
"There is adventurism on Israel's side, and adventurism is always dangerous," Zarif told the German newspaper in an interview to be published on Thursday.
Asked if he saw an emerging military conflict between Iran and Israel, Zarif said, "I do not, but we cannot exclude the possibility."
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said recently that Israel has carried out hundreds of attacks in Syria over the past several years and would ramp up its fight following the planned withdrawal of U.S. troops from the country.
Israel is trying to counter the influence carved out in Syria by Iran, which has supported Syrian President Bashar Assad in the war that erupted in 2011. It said Tehran's actions are the main destabilizing factor in the Middle East.
Zarif, speaking at the Munich Security Conference on Sunday, accused Israel of looking for war and warned that its actions and those of the United States were increasing the chances of a clash in the region.
