Tehran’s Warning to Arab States May Backfire

In the wake of unconfirmed reports of Saudi Arabia’s and the United Arab Emirates’ engagement in retaliatory military operations against Iran, Supreme National Security Council mouthpiece Nour News Agency issued a new warning to Arab states against further involvement in the conflict. The warning, however, may be as counterproductive as Iran’s attacks on Gulf Arab states and consolidate an Arab alliance against Iran.

• Supreme National Security Council mouthpiece Nour News Agency in an article warned:
  • “The Arab countries of the region must, with vigilance and a precise understanding of the situation, avoid becoming entangled in the crisis-manufacturing project of the United States and Zionist regime; continued reliance on promises and submission to Trump’s pressures will result in nothing but the intensification of the crisis and increased security, political, and economic costs for the entire region.”
  • “The published reports, on the one hand, constitute proof of the legitimacy of Iran’s positions regarding the Strait of Hormuz and the restrictions imposed on energy transportation and these countries’ trade relations with their crisis-creating partners; and on the other hand, they demonstrate that, in the event of any aggression or adventurism by the United States and Zionist regime, these countries will become legitimate targets for Iranian missiles and drones.”
  • “These countries must understand that buying time for the aggressors to rebuild their military capabilities, while Iran and regional public opinion are drawn into an artificial Iranian-Arab confrontation, cannot provide any lasting service to Trump; Iran’s armed forces are in a state of complete readiness and will respond to any aggression from any source with the most crushing and unpredictable defensive and military strategies.”

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