Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf stressed that China's focus on strengthening common security reflects what Iran has emphasized for years, and stressed that the countries of the region must create their own future, and that true stability can only be achieved through a new local security architecture, while a joint Iranian statement warned that the United States is still using the lands and countries of the region to carry out attacks against Iran.
AI-generated summary
Iran seeks to strengthen security cooperation with neighboring countries and China, in light of ongoing tensions with the United States, which accuse of using military bases in countries of the region to carry out operations against Iran.
“China’s focus on strengthening common security fundamentally reflects what Iran has emphasized for years,” Ghalibaf wrote.
He stressed that "the countries of the region must create their own future."
The publication concluded: “Real stability can only be achieved by establishing a new local security structure in the region, and Iran welcomes this.”
The General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces and the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters earlier issued a statement in which they affirmed that “Iran will not tolerate any aggression against it, and will respond with a much heavier response.”
The statement stressed that despite previous warnings, the US army is still taking advantage of the lands, airspace, and space of those countries to carry out attacks against our country and against some Iranian military sites.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Iran will increase its efforts to form a regional security alliance with Chinese support
Likely · Within months
The United States will continue to use its bases in the region for operations against Iran despite the warnings
Very likely · Within weeks
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