Iran's president calls for Islamic security structure to replace foreign presence in West Asia

President Masoud Pezeshkian called for replacing foreign presence in West Asia with an Islamic security structure to preserve the region’s security and stability.

“Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has called for an Islamic security structure to replace the foreign presence in West Asia and preserve the region’s security and stability”

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In a video message marking the New Year and Eid al-Fitr, he said Iran does not intend to have disagreements with Muslim countries and is not seeking conflict or war, emphasizing that Muslim nations are brothers and that a treacherous enemy fuels disputes among them.

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He reiterated that Iran has never pursued nuclear weapons and that leaders have declared such weapons religiously forbidden, while blaming the United States and its president for misleading the world into believing Tehran aimed to develop weapons of mass destruction and claiming that global media have repeated those lies.

He warned against traps set by enemies.

He described damage in Iran’s relations with some Persian Gulf Arab states over the US-Israeli aggression and the retaliatory Iranian attacks, stressed brotherhood with those countries, and urged God to help eliminate differences.

He argued that the solution to peace in West Asia lies in regional Muslim countries forming a security structure to guarantee peace, security, and stability, including the establishment of an Islamic Council of the Middle East to regulate security, economic, cultural, and political relations within this framework.

He reiterated that Iran does not seek chaos in the region, does not intend to interfere in other countries’ internal affairs, and pointed out that Israel is causing chaos, unrest, and acts of genocide, terrorism, and sabotage in the region.

President Pezeshkian reiterated that Iran has never pursued nuclear weapons and that when meeting with the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Sayyed Ali Khamenei, the Leader declared nuclear weapons religiously forbidden, with no official in Iran permitted to move toward weapons of mass destruction.

He criticized the United States and its president for misleading the world into thinking Iran intended to develop such weapons and accused global media of accepting those lies.

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Referring to damage Iran’s relations with Persian Gulf Arab states over the US-Israeli aggression and the retaliatory attacks, Pezeshkian said those states are brothers and urged unity, praying for differences to be eliminated and stating that Iran is ready to resolve all problems with them.

“Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has called for an Islamic security structure to replace the foreign presence in West Asia and preserve the region’s security and stability”

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He asserted that the path to peace and stability in West Asia requires regional Muslim countries to form a security structure to guarantee those aims, insisting that foreigners do not belong in the region and that cooperation among Islamic countries could establish the Islamic Council of the Middle East to regulate their security, economic, cultural, and political relations within the framework.

The article notes that the US and Israel began the latest round of aerial aggression on Iran on February 28, about eight months after carrying out unprovoked attacks on the country, and that Iran began to retaliate by launching missiles and drone attacks on Israeli-occupied territories and on US bases in regional countries.