My friend’s enemy is my enemy. The Iraqi government warned this Saturday of the “dangerous consequences” resulting from the “silence of the international community” in the face of the “brutal behavior” of Israel, which carried out a series of strikes against military positions on Friday night in Iran. The Iranian army also regretted the death of two of its own in a press release cited by state television. Earlier in the morning, Hamas, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Syria joined the chorus of voices condemning this new attack. Iran “condemns” Israeli strikes against its territory and “has the right and duty to defend itself,” declared the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
“Attacks carried out with impunity”
A neighboring state of Iran, “Iraq has already warned of the dangerous consequences resulting from the silence of the international community in the face of the brutal behavior” of Israel towards the Palestinians, and its attacks on Lebanon and Syria, ” as well as the new aggression against Iran,” lamented government spokesperson Basim Alawadi, accusing Israel of continuing “the expansion of the conflict in the region” with “attacks carried out with impunity.”