Countries can avoid Iranian attacks only by blocking US-Israeli use of territory: Official

A senior Iranian official says countries in the region must block the use of their territory by the enemies of Iran if they want to remain safe from Iran’s reprisal attacks.

Ayatollah Alireza A’rafi, who sits on a three-member council running Iran until a new Leader is elected, said on Sunday that Iran is serious in its warnings about targeting US or Israeli-related targets in other countries if those countries allow attacks on Iran.

“(Iran) does not hesitate to attack enemies and their bases. Any country that wishes to remain safe must block the enemy’s use of its territory,” A’rafi said.

The comments come as Iran continues to launch attacks on US military bases and assets in regional countries as part of its retaliation for ongoing US and Israeli attacks on its territory.

The retaliatory attacks started on February 28, just hours after the US and Israel launched an aerial aggression on Iran by assassinating Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei and several senior military commanders.
Iranian reprisal attacks have successfully targeted many locations in the Israeli-occupied territories as well as US military bases in several countries neighboring Iran.

Those countries have criticized the attacks and have been calling on Iran to stop them. However, authorities in Tehran have indicated that the attacks will only stop when those countries stop allowing the US and Israel to use their territory and airspace to carry out attacks on Iran.

A’rafi’s comments came a day after Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, another member of the interim leadership council, said that he was personally sorry for the attacks that have targeted Persian Gulf countries.

The cleric said that Iran will stand with Muslim countries and states in the region, but it will not hesitate to target assets in those countries that are used to attack Iran.