‘No red line’ when it comes to ‘defence’ of Iranian people, says foreign minister
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghtchi warned in Baghdad on Sunday that Tehran had not “no red line” regarding “the defense” of its people and its interests, after Israel promised to retaliate for its recent missile attack. “While we have made considerable efforts in recent days to avoid a full-blown war in our region, I make it clear that we have no red line for the defense of our people and our interests”wrote the minister on X upon his arrival in Baghdad.
The 1is October, Iran launched around two hundred missiles against Israel in response to the assassination in Tehran of the leader of Palestinian Hamas, blamed on Israel, and the death of the leader of Lebanese Hezbollah and a general of the Revolutionary Guards Iranians, killed in an Israeli strike near Beirut. Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant promised his country’s response would be “deadly, precise and surprising”which Tehran said it was ” ready “.
Mr. Araghtchi’s interviews are part of « consultations (…) with Muslim countries on critical situations » in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon “following the genocidal attacks and aggressions of the Israeli regime”declared on X the spokesperson for the Iranian foreign ministry, Esmaeil Baghaei. His visit aims to “silencing guns and violence (…) and to establish security and stability in the region”said Ali Al-Moussaoui, political advisor to Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Chia Al-Soudani.
Baghdad is against “an expanded war” to Iran and a “use of Iraqi airspace”for his part affirmed the Iraqi Minister of Foreign Affairs, Fouad Hussein. After Baghdad, the head of Iranian diplomacy goes to Oman, according to the Iranian news agency ISNA. On Thursday, Mr. Araghtchi went to Qatar and the day before to Saudi Arabia. He had previously visited Lebanon and Syria.
