Iran: Biden's visit will not bring "Israel" security

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Agencies
13 Jul 2022 13:08

Tehran asserts that any hostility against the country will have dire consequences for "Israel."

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi.

Within the context of Biden's visit to West Asia, Tehran asserted that US President Joe Biden's visit to "Israel" will not bring it security.

In a statement, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, said that "If the visits of the American officials to the countries of the region are to strengthen the position of the Zionist regime and to normalize the relations of this regime with some countries, their efforts will not create security for the Zionists in any way."

Within the same backdrop, Nasser Kanaani, the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman, dismissed "Israel's" threats against Iran, reminding "Israel" that any hostile action will conjure a crushing response that "Tel Aviv" will regret.

Israeli hypocrisy

Kanaani spoke at a press conference on Wednesday, contending that the bitter irony is that "Israel," which is neither a signatory to any non-proliferation treaty, nor is subject to international monitoring for its nuclear activities, has a stockpile of nuclear weapons while it prattles about Iran's peaceful nuclear activities. "Israel," Kanaani asserted, has a dark record of violation of rights of nations and occupation.

“All of Iran’s activities are under the (International Atomic Energy) Agency’s surveillance. The Zionist regime has no right to make comments on Iran’s peaceful nuclear activity,” he added.

On Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid called for international awareness and concern over the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and Iran's nuclear program.

Biden's visit to West Asia

Biden will be visiting Saudi Arabia on a quest for more oil production and cementing a normalization agreement with "Israel". However, the visit is more involved in regional security than oil production.

With Biden's deeming Saudi Arabia a "pariah" state, while also blaming the Saudi de facto ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as the murderer of The Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, Biden swallowed his pride, and defended the trip as necessary for US security interests.

The US administration has been mediating negotiations to cede the very strategic islands of Tiran and Sanafir to Saudi Arabia, which claimed ownership of the islands before 1950, the year when Riyadh gave Egypt authority over them.

An earlier Axios report revealed that If negotiations between the US, "Israel", Saudi Arabia, and Egypt are successful, it will pave the way for the normalization of relations between "Israel" and Saudi Arabia.