India, March 22 -- The top envoys of the Group of Seven advanced economies and the European Union on Saturday urged an "immediate and unconditional" end to Iran attacks against allies in the Middle East.

"We call for the immediate and unconditional cessation of all attacks by the Iranian regime," the foreign ministers for Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States, as well as the EU foreign policy chief, said in a joint statement.

The G7 and EU chiefs also expressed support for their partners in the region "in the face of the unjustifiable attacks" by Iran and its "proxies".

"We support the right of the countries unjustifiably attacked by Iran or by Iranian proxies to defend their territories and pr...