🔸Ismail Baghaei, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic, on Tuesday, 28 Mehr, in a sharp response to the final statement of the Gulf Cooperation Council, said that Iran’s neighboring Arab countries “cannot talk about good neighborliness.”

🔸The foreign ministers of the Arab states bordering the Persian Gulf, in the final statement of their meeting held this past Sunday in the capital of Bahrain, attributed the missile and drone attacks on the council’s member countries and Jordan to the Islamic Republic, and called for the immediate, unconditional cessation of these attacks and compensation from Tehran for the damages caused.

🔸On Tuesday, at a press conference, Baghaei referred to Iran’s actions against these Arab countries as “defense of the country.” He said: “In a situation where neighboring countries are hosting the side that has committed aggression, we cannot talk about good neighborliness.”

🔸Baghaei went on to say: “We reiterate that we are committed to good neighborliness with the Persian Gulf countries, but the condition is that their facilities and territory are not used to attack a neighboring Muslim country.”