President Rouhani scoffs at prospect of Israel presence in Persian Gulf

President Hassan Rouhani scoffs at an Israeli plan to join a US-led maritime “security” coalition in the Persian Gulf region, saying the regime is not even capable of securing the areas it has occupied.

The Israelis “should try providing security where they are if they are really capable of doing that,” Rouhani said at a cabinet meeting on Wednesday.

The Iranian president called the Tel Aviv regime the main element behind terrorism, warfare, and bloodletting in the region and said, “Wherever they established a presence, they brought about bloodshed and terror.”

“No one should be baited by these claims and statements [about Israel’s potential presence in the Persian Gulf] because it is clear to all how it would end,” the president noted.

The President also denounced Tel Aviv’s “hollow statements” about a role in “providing security” in the region.

He described all the slogans being advertized about the creation of a new naval coalition in the region as “ostentatious and impracticable.”

The Iranian chief executive said the US and others are after sowing the seeds of discord among regional Muslim countries and emptying their coffers.

“The Persian Gulf littoral states are capable of safeguarding the region’s security if they stand together,” he added.

Rouhani said regional countries have historically had and will continue to enjoy brotherly relations, stressing that any division and discord will only benefit their enemies.

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