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Iran has issued notices to Iraq, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Turkey and Bahrain that any support for an attack by the United States on its territory, including the use of their airspaces or territories by U.S. military, would be considered an act of hostility, Reuters reported on April 6, citing a senior Iranian official.
Such an act “will have severe consequences for them”, the official said, revealing that Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had placed Iran’s armed forces on high alert.
Tensions between the U.S. and Iran have been on the rise since President Donald Trump directly threatened the Islamic Republic last month with military action if it does not engage in direct talks on its nuclear program.
According to a Middle East Eye report from April 1, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar and Kuwait have already informed the U.S. that they will not permit their airspaces or territories to be used as a launchpad against Iran, including for refueling and rescue operations.
Russia said on April 3 that U.S. threats of military action against Iran were unacceptable and the next day called for restraint.
Preparing for a possible attack on Iran, the U.S. reinforced its military posture in the Middle East in recent weeks with a second aircraft carrier, additional strategic stealth bombers, fighter jets, combat drones and anti-missile-capable air defense systems.
Trump’s recent threats and the military buildup in the region have so far failed to convince Iran to engage in direct nuclear talks.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stressed again on April 6 that his country was open only for indirect talks with the U.S.
“We remain committed to diplomacy and are ready to try the path of indirect negotiations,” the minister said. “Iran keeps itself prepared for all possible or probable events, and just as it is serious in diplomacy and negotiations, it will also be decisive and serious in defending its national interests and sovereignty.”
Iran denies seeking a nuclear weapon, but it has ramped up its enrichment of uranium up to 60 percent purity. It is the only country in the world without a nuclear weapons program to do so
Despite recent escalation by the U.S., an attack on Iran will not likely happen unless Israel manages to convince Trump that there is no other way to address the alleged threat posed by the Tehran nuclear program. In order to prevent such a dangerous scenario, Tehran will have to engage in some form of talks with Washington.
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for decades israel has attempted to get the us to illegally attack iran . the wise men in the us military have succeeded thus far in keeping israels genocidal wishes from happening for good reason . if trump attacks iran nuclear clouds may cover israel . no matter what the entire world will hate the us and cease relations with the us . they will never buy any american goods again .
i don’t think so. the empire only has vassals, all their vassals will sustain the empire aggression. they wanted to do a regime change in iran, to control the entire region under the umbrella of the western empire of the exceptionals. all lackeys should align and all enemies should lay down their sword and worship to the exceptionals and their potus trump. who controls the main stream media and the public opinion could do everything and getting away with murder, look palestinians.
nobody is sure if iran has nuke weapons. everyone knows iran’s missile barrages can overwhelm even israel’s multilayered air defenses, therefore they can hit arab kingdoms right across the persian gulf with certainty. 1 begins to wonder what if iran has la dirty bamba which are much easier to make than nooks. if an israeli attack on iran nuke sites were to release radioactivity then many dirty bambas may land & contaminate israel cities & cause max exodus
“the u.s. reinforced its military posture in the middle east in recent weeks”
right, keep on bluffing with your high card while iran holds an ace high straight flush…
the hoax about “nuclear weapon” are invented by nacis imported to “us” for to enable free mass murder. if they existed, russia should instantly erase “us” from the surface, anything else are crime against humanity. we know from the christians own mouth, that its not wrong to wipe out the population in north america.
τουσ ” γενοκτονουσ” τησ αμερικησ ???
another idiot that doesn’t believe to nukes. so tell me, who erased hiroshima?
prc can help make the coalition of the idiots have a very bad day.
the empire know well their time is coming, so the exceptionals are trying to continue their worldwide hegemony by one way or another. israel dream about iran regime change and conquer and enslavement for so many years now. guess usa empire under trump follow blindly the zionist againt the american people and the citizen and will the collapse of the usa empire faster. everyone in the westeriran. and the intelligence services wanted to create a regime change in iran.
as usual mollahs warning tactics again…no action whatsoever…😁
iran couldn’t even defend syria from sand-ape rebels…hehehehe