Iran’s new security chief says neighbours who join US economic war will be considered ‘enemies’
- Supreme National Security Council head Mohsen Rezaee claimed Saturday that United States policies under President Donald Trump have increased global nuclear risk, potentially driving other nations to pursue nuclear weapons.
- Iran has maintained economic viability despite sanctions, with Rezaee claiming in an IRIB interview Saturday that the country sold seventy million barrels of oil while bypassing the United States blockade.
- Rezaee threatened to strike any participants joining the United States "economic war," warning, "We hold a meeting, we say, 'go and separate your ranks from America,' and if they don't act, we will strike."
- Discussing the Mecca defense pact between Pakistan, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia, Rezaee claimed Gulf countries are organizing independently as the United States withdraws, stating, "America told them, 'Goodbye, we are leaving.'"
- Criticizing United States fiscal management, Rezaee claimed the country must borrow at high rates due to 30-year bond debt, spending three and seven tenths of a billion dollars more annually per hundred billion in debt.
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