TEHRAN, Dec 29 (NNN-IRNA) – Top Iranian security official, yesterday urged foreign forces, to leave the region, semi-official FARS news agency reported.
“Security in the region can only be achieved through the removal of external factors” which are against the stability of the region, Ali Shamkhani, secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran, was quoted as saying.
He said, “The recent U.S. force’s increased mobility in the region, is a show of defiance and fear.”
Earlier in the day, Saeed Khatibzadeh, spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, also said that, Iran has sent messages to the United States, to avoid any new “adventurism” in the region.
“We have not been looking for a tension in the region and we are not,” said Khatibzadeh, adding that, “We will not hesitate to defend our country…We hope the wise in Washington will defuse tensions.”– NNN-IRNA
