Iranian Foreign Ministry: Genuine security in the Gulf can only be achieved through regional cooperation among the countries of the region

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei stressed that “U.S. military bases in the region, instead of providing genuine security, repeatedly expose their host countries to unnecessary risks, and the military presence of the United States constitutes an added burden that brings nothing but insecurity.”

He affirmed that Iran’s defensive measures are aimed exclusively at U.S. assets and bases actively used to launch attacks against Iran, and do not in any way target the countries of the region.