After bombing his neighbours, the Mojito mufti calls for “unity & friendship”…
Iranian officials have also repeatedly threatened neighboring governments against cooperating with President Donald Trump’s escalating economic campaign against Tehran.
Or else…!
Earlier this month, former Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander Mohsen Rezaei warned countries in the region that Tehran would consider them enemies if they joined Washington’s economic campaign and would strike their interests if they cooperated with the United States.
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Iranian “Supreme Leader” Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei called on Gulf states to unite against the United States and Israel as their “real enemy” in a written message Sunday, an overture to neighbors Tehran has spent months attacking and threatening as the Islamic Republic faces mounting military and economic pressure.
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Iran continued:
“We tell all the countries around us not to join the United States in its economic war, otherwise we will consider them enemies,” Rezaei said. Iranian officials subsequently warned that participation in the U.S. economic offensive could amount to an “act of war.”
The confrontation has also cost Tehran economic ties with its neighbors. The United Arab Emirates, historically one of Iran’s most important commercial links to the outside world, suspended all trade, commercial exchanges and financial transactions with Iran earlier this month after accusing Tehran of renewed missile fire toward the country. Iran denied launching the missiles.
Hosting US bases ‘an asset’ as well as ‘a liability’ for Jordan
Al Jazeera’s Rob McBride says Jordan has been “very much on the front line of the fighting” since February, with missiles exchanged between Israel and Iran crossing its airspace, and some intercepted over its territory.
Trump reiterates that Iran must not be allowed a nuclear weapon
Trump has repeated his position that Iran must never obtain a nuclear weapon in an interview with Fox News.
“You cannot let them have a nuclear weapon, and they won’t have a nuclear weapon,” he said, describing Iran’s leadership as “very violent, evil people”.