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A senior Iranian official said that Tehran has warned six countries they will face “severe consequences” if they support Washington in a military attack against the Islamic Republic, Reuters reported on 6 April.
“Iran has issued warnings to Iraq, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Qatar, Turkey, and Bahrain that any support for a US attack on Iran, including the use of their airspace or territory by the US military during the attack, will be considered a hostile act,” the official stated while speaking to Reuters on condition of anonymity.
The official stressed that such an action “would have severe consequences for those countries,” adding that “Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has placed the Iranian armed forces on high alert.”
Textbook.
America hounds a country for decades, covertly and overtly - making legitimate threats, scheming all the while for the moment of weakness in which they can strike. Country responds with military spending, and calls to action, warnings, and so on and on.
The media will then turn around and say said country is a war mongering security threat, under the thumb of a paranoid dictator.
In cases where the ‘paranoid dictator’ loosens restrictions and allows U.S influences, him and his countrymen end up in bodybags 2 years later.