Regional countries concur with easing tensions: Iran
Iran’s foreign minister said there is a common understanding among regional countries to ease tensions in West Asia as he visited Kuwait and Bahrain, part of a regional tour aimed at “stopping Israel’s genocide and aggressions.”
Abbas Araghchi made the remarks during a press conference in Kuwait’s capital, Kuwait City, on Tuesday.
Araghchi underlined that the regional countries have the ability to prevent a disaster in the region through joint efforts.
The Iranian foreign minister said that Iran has done its utmost to reduce tensions, adding that Iran is not seeking a war; however, is ready for any scenario.
On October 1, Iran responded to the Israeli assassination of Hamas political bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh, Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, and IRGC Major General Abbas Nilforoushan by launching as many as 200 ballistic missiles toward the regime’s military and intelligence bases all over the occupied Palestinian territories.
The Israeli regime has threatened to retaliate. Iranian officials have repeatedly warned that Tehran is ready to respond to any Israeli strike.
Araghchi described Iran’s strikes on Israel’s military sites as a defensive move and a response to the regime’s attacks against the Islamic Republic.
“Our friends have given us assurances that they will neither allow their soil nor their airspace to be used to launch an attack on Iran. All regional countries have expressed their opposition to any assault on Iran and its nuclear facilities,” Araghchi stated.
Iran’s top diplomat said that he has told the regional countries that the Israeli regime aims to spread the war in the region and that the regional countries should stop it. The situation in Gaza and Lebanon is critical and the attacks of the Israeli regime must be stopped, Araghchi said.
“Israel has left no crime uncommitted and has not stopped short of perpetrating any form of crime up until now. Unfortunately, it continues to commit such atrocities with the support of the United States and certain European countries,” the top Iranian diplomat said.
He underscored that Israel does not commit itself to international principles, arguing that the international law has so far failed to stop the Zionist regime’s atrocities.
During his visit to Kuwait on Tuesday, the Iranian foreign minister met with Kuwait’s Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah and his counterpart Abdullah Ali Al-Yahya.
Before Kuwait, Araghchi was in Bahrain on Monday as part of his regional tour that has also taken him to Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Iraq, Egypt, Jordan and Turkey.