Takht Ravanchi warned Guterres about “the recent alarming security situation in the broader Persian Gulf region”, alarming that, “There are indications that certain circles from outside of this region–through fabrications, disinformation, fake intelligence and fake news, relying on the support of their allies in the Middle East as well as dispatching naval forces to the region–are pursuing their illegitimate interests by sowing further division and creating more mistrust between regional countries in the Persian Gulf, as well as fomenting insecurity and escalating the already high tension in this volatile region.”
“If unchecked, the current situation might–sooner or later–go beyond the perimeter of control and thereby lead to another unnecessary regional crisis,” added the Iranian diplomat.
Takht Ravanchi reminded that Tehran “has repeatedly warned about the mischievous intentions of such circles, and the wide-ranging regional and international ramifications of their objectives”.
“Iran has always rejected and continues to reject conflict and war,” he underlined, adding “Iran will never choose war as an option or strategy in pursuing its foreign policy.”
“It should, however, be obvious that if war is imposed on us, Iran will vigorously exercise its inherent right to self-defense in order to defend its nation and to secure its interests,” he asserted.
The diplomat urged the UN and the international community not to turn a blind eye to the ongoing situation “when the region is in turmoil with no bright prospect in sight”, saying that “the international community in general, and the United Nations in particular, cannot and must not remain indifferent with regard to addressing the root causes of the current state of affairs”.
“If the issues are not thoroughly addressed, the eruption of any possible conflict will soon cross over from the regional level and will definitely have serious and extensive implications on international peace and security,” he underlined.
He went on warning, “Inaction–a lose-lose approach–is not an option and can lead to a disaster that must be avoided.”
Tehran has always been criticizing Washington for adopting destructive policies in the Middle East and the Persian Gulf.
Back in early February, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif commemorated the 40th anniversary of the fall of Iran’s former dictator, reminding that the US has always been siding with tyrants and monarchs of the region.
“Iranians,” Zarif tweeted on February 06, “are commemorating 40 years of progress despite US pressure, just as Donald Trump again makes accusations against us”.
“US hostility has led it to support dictators, butchers & extremists, who’ve only brought ruin to our region,” he added.
In a very recent series of moves with negative impact on the region, the White House is increasing tension in the region with intensifying negative propaganda and media hype against Tehran and sending more military forces to the region.
The US had on Wednesday evacuated its non-essential government employees from Baghdad and Erbil, following Washington’s repeated expressions of concern about so-called threats in the Arab country posed by “Iran-backed forces”.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made an unannounced trip to Iraq last Tuesday, pressing Iraqi leaders about what he alleged were the increased dangers to Americans there.
Military analysts believe that the US is paving the ground for escalating tensions against Iran to weaken the country in the region, specially Iraq, and find a pretext to prolong its deployment in the Arab country.
Washington shut down its consulate in the Southern Iraqi city of Basra last year after an attack, Pompeo blamed Iranian militants for “indirect fire” on the building without any evidence.
The analysts said that egged on by the ultra-hawkish duo of John Bolton, the national security adviser, and Pompeo, President Donald Trump has brought US-Iranian relations to the brink of war. Like the war against Iraq in 2003, launched on the pretext of spurious charges about nonexistent Iraqi weapons of mass destruction and links between Saddam Hussein and 9/11, the crisis with Iran is a manufactured one.
Bolton has reportedly demanded that the Pentagon provide him with an option to dispatch 120,000 troops to the region. Those unprovoked actions followed draconian new economic sanctions that, Pompeo said, would bring Iran’s oil exports to zero, and an announcement that Washington was ending waivers that allow countries such as India, Turkey, and Japan to buy Iranian oil. The new sanctions also target Iran’s exports of steel and other metals.
Joining Bolton on what is called the “B Team” are Bibi, bin Salman, and bin Zayed (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and Abu Dhabi’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed, the effective ruler of the United Arab Emirates). Together, they represent Trump’s Coalition of the Killing.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif had last Tuesday warned of plots by a number of radical officials in the US administration to launch false-flag operations in the region, apparently alluding to the recent ship attacks in the UAE that Washington and its Persian Gulf allies are attempting to blame on Tehran.
“We discussed the regional issues and dangers that the policies of extremist individuals in the US administration are trying to impose on the region as well as concerns about the suspicious and sabotage acts that happen in our region, and we had earlier predicted that they will adopt such measures to provoke tensions,” Zarif told reporters in New Delhi after a meeting with his Indian counterpart Sushma Swaraj.
Meantime, US columnist Stephen Lendman described the Trump administration as the most extremist in US history, reiterating that his top military brass stand strongly opposed to any kind of war against Iran.
“As irrationally hostile as Trump is toward the Islamic Republic, I believe he’s reluctant to go this far. Pentagon commanders oppose war on Iran and Venezuela,” Lendman told FNA in an exclusive interview on Sunday.
“US war plans were drawn on Iran and updated at least since the Bush/Cheney era, never implemented, likely earlier. The Trump regime is the most extremist in US history. I rule nothing out with the likes of Pompeo and Bolton in charge of DJT’s geopolitical agenda,” he added.
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