The Iranian Foreign Minister said Hussein Amir AbdullahianToday, Wednesday, any Israeli military move against his country will be met with a strong response without hesitation, stressing that targeting a base belonging to the Israeli intelligence service (MossadIn Iraqi Kurdistan, this does not mean targeting Iraq, because Mossad is an enemy of the region.
Abdullahian said – in a dialogue session at the Davos Economic Forum held in Switzerland – that his country provided intelligence information to Iraq regarding the activities of the Mossad in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, pointing out that the air strikes that his country carried out during the past days in Iraqi Kurdistan and the “Army of Justice” group in Pakistan, has nothing to do with the situation in GazaRather, it was self-defense.
He stressed that “his country does not condone terrorist groups that target our security, whether they are in Iraq or Pakistan.”
While Abdullahian affirmed Iran’s respect for Pakistan’s sovereignty and independence, he stressed that it would respond forcefully to any attack that threatens its national security, and said, “We did not target any Pakistani citizens in the missile attacks.”
He added, “We targeted the Jaish al-Adl organization, which is an Iranian terrorist organization,” as he put it.
Earlier Wednesday, Pakistan recalled its ambassador to Tehran, and demanded that the latter’s ambassador not return, in protest against Iranian air strikes on Monday that targeted the Balochistan province, southwest of the country.
The Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs also announced that Iraq had submitted a complaint to UN Security Council AndUnited nationsrelated to the Iranian missile aggression that targeted the city of Erbil, and led to innocent civilian casualties and injury to others, and caused damage to public and private property, according to the Iraqi News Agency.
For his part, the Prime Minister of the Iraqi Kurdistan region, Masrour Barzani, yesterday, Tuesday, accused Iran of killing innocent civilians in strikes launched on the regional capital.
In statements on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos after the attack, Barzani said that the Iranian allegations were baseless, and added that the current time was not appropriate for the withdrawal of American forces from the country.
Stop the war in Gaza
Regarding the Israeli war on Gaza, Abdullahian warned that the damage would affect everyone if Israel’s crimes in Gaza did not stop immediately, adding that the solution was to stop the war and forced displacement and open safe humanitarian corridors.
He stressed that if the genocide in Gaza stops, all attacks in Gaza will end The Red SeaStability returns to the region that is witnessing an expansion of the conflict.
Abdullahian said that the United States made two strategic mistakes by supporting Israel and striking the Houthis.
While Iran denied providing any support to the group Houthi In its attacks in the Red Sea, he stressed that the security of the Red Sea is very important for his country, as all Iranian ships pass through it.
Since last October 7, the Israeli army has been waging a devastating war on Gaza that left 24,448 martyrs and 61,504 injured, and caused the displacement of more than 85% of the Strip’s population, according to the Palestinian authorities and the United Nations.