Visit to Biden and the Regional Defense Alliance: Iran threatens to hit sensitive targets in the region

In light of this week’s visit by the US President to the region and reports on the possibility of establishing a regional defense alliance with the participation of the United States, Israel and Arab countries, Iran warns the countries that this alliance will only worsen the security situation in the region and not serve its security interests. , And launches threats that will harm targets that will form part of the Regional Defense Alliance.

The Nurnus website, a media outlet affiliated with Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, threatened[1] On Sunday, July 10, he noted on his Twitter account (in Persian, Arabic and English) that the establishment of an integrated defense network in the region would jeopardize Iran’s security and therefore this step would be met “with an initial decisive response to the nearest and most accessible targets.” It was further emphasized that the United States is leading the plan to establish an integrated defense network in the region, but Israel (the “evil regime of the region”) is the covert administrator and the one behind the plan.

Ali Akbar and Itai, Khamenei’s adviser on international affairs, said[2] At the weekend in an interview with the Iranian Agency, ISNA, that the establishment of a Middle East NATO is “an inappropriate idea that does not serve the security interests in the region and that any country, whether it is the United Arab Emirates or any other country, that wants to support it will cause heavy security damage” the area”. And Itai, who served 16 years as foreign minister, including during the eight-year war between Iran and Iraq, also said in the same interview that Iran “will not allow NATO to be active along its borders.”

(And to me: we will not allow NATO to operate along the Iranian border)

Esmail Khatib, Ibrahim Raisi’s Minister of Intelligence, said[3] At a conference in Tehran on July 9, the steps the region has taken in recent years under the effort to improve Arab-Israeli relations are not just speeches or agreements, but they symbolize the US return to regional leadership with Israel (the “Zionist regime”) playing a key role in the process. , Because the Abrahamic agreements accurately reflect the US support for Israel. The intelligence minister added that Iran’s enemies “recognize Iran’s power and strength” and a visit to Biden was also intended to halt the spread of the Islamic Revolution in the region and that it also intended to undermine the stability of the regime in Tehran and sow despair among the Iranian people and investors in Western intelligence. On the Iranian budget.

Nasser Canaani, the new Foreign Ministry spokesman in Tehran, defined (July 9) the US initiative to establish a joint air defense system “a provocative move that poses a threat to Iran’s national security and regional security. He added that” attempts to create new security concerns in the region will not A result other than the weakening of the regional common security and the move is in fact intended to ensure the security interests of the Zionist regime. “

(First from the left: Minister of Intelligence: The United States assigns Israel a central role in its regional strategy. From the News, 9.7.2022)

Since the signing of the Abrahamic agreements, Iran has sharply criticized the rulers of the Gulf states who signed the agreements. The main concern in Tehran is that these countries – especially Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates – have become the focus of Israeli intelligence activities directed against it. The proliferation of security incidents in Iran in the past year – explosions at nuclear facilities, attacks on senior Revolutionary Guards and Iranian scientists and continued protests against the economic situation – has heightened fears in Tehran of Western and Israeli attempts to undermine regime stability.

It is not inconceivable that during a visit to Biden in the region, Iran will act through its envoys in Yemen or Iraq to hit the Gulf states by launching drones and missiles at various areas. The president’s arrival.

[1] https://twitter.com/nournewsen/status/1546032431735635968?cxt=HHwWgICwjcaTzvQqAAAA

[2] https://www.isna.ir/news/1401041711650/%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%87-%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%B2%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AD%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%85-%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%88-%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87-%D8%AE%D8%AF%D9%85%D8%AA-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D9%85%D9%86%D8%B7%D9%82%D9%87

[3] https://www.eghtesadnews.com/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4-%D8%A7%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%B3%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1-%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87-%D9%87%D8%A7-61/507140-%D8%AA%D8%AD%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%84-%D9%88%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D8%B7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%B3%D9%81%D8%B1-%D8%AC%D9%88-%D8%A8%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AF%D9%86-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D9%85%D9%86%D8%B7%D9%82%D9%87