{"id":17480,"date":"2019-11-15T13:03:23","date_gmt":"2019-11-15T13:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/?p=17480"},"modified":"2019-11-15T13:03:23","modified_gmt":"2019-11-15T13:03:23","slug":"iranian-army-commander-time-ticking-for-foreign-forces-to-leave-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/iranian-army-commander-time-ticking-for-foreign-forces-to-leave-region\/","title":{"rendered":"Iranian Army Commander: Time Ticking for Foreign Forces to Leave Region"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ntDesc\">TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Army Commander Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi underlined the need for foreign forces to leave the region, saying that the regional states are able to establish security through cooperation.<\/div>\n<div class=\"ntText\">\n<p class=\"rtejustify\">&#8220;We need an interregional security and not false coalitions. It is time to drive foreign forces out of the region,\u201d General Mousavi said in Tehran on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"rtejustify\">\u201cThe security in the Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf region can only be achieved through cooperation of the Persian Gulf littoral states,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"rtejustify\">\u201cDevelopments in recent years have shown that foreign powers cannot be reliable for regional countries,\u201d General Mousavi said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"rtejustify\">Elsewhere, he maintained that Iran has obtained self-sufficiency in developing various kinds of military equipment, adding that \u201cthe Islamic Republic of Iran will be the victor of any possible future conflict&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"rtejustify\">In relevant remarks in September, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that foreign military presence in the Middle East had put energy security and peace in serious danger, adding that trans-regional forces should leave the region if they were honestly concerned about security.<\/p>\n<p class=\"rtejustify\">\u201cThe presence of foreign forces can be dangerous for the region, international waters, as well as the security of shipping lines and energy, but our path is to create unity and coordination with regional countries,&#8221; President Rouhani said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"rtejustify\">Calling upon those who claim to be worried about security in the Middle East, Rouhani said, \u201cIf they are telling the truth, they\u2019d better not turn the region into a stage of arms race \u2026 if they are after (establishing) security, they\u2019d better get out of the region.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"rtejustify\">Rouhani went on criticizing Washington for its destructive role in the region, saying, wherever Americans have set foot, they increased insecurity, as it was proved in cases of Afghanistan and Iraq.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Army Commander Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi underlined the need for foreign forces to leave the region, saying that the regional states are able to establish security through cooperation. &#8220;We need an interregional security and not false coalitions. It is time to drive foreign forces out of the region,\u201d General Mousavi said in &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":17481,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-news-and-analysis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17480"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17480\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17482,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17480\/revisions\/17482"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}