Benjamin Netanyahu is seeking to trap the west into a total war across the Middle East that would have incalculable consequences for the region and the world, Iran’s top diplomat in the UK has claimed, in his first interview since Tehran launched an unprecedented missile and drone attack against Israel at the weekend.
Seyed Mehdi Hosseini Matin also warned that if Israel made “another mistake” by launching an attack on Iran, there would be a response from Iran that was stronger, more severe, and administered without a warning like that issued before the weekend attack.
The salvo of more than 300 drones and missiles – almost all of which were intercepted by Israel and its allies or fell short of their targets – came in retaliation for a 1 April airstrike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus, Syria, that killed several Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards officers. Israel’s top general, Lt Gen Herzi Halevi, has said the country would respond, but it remains unclear what form that would take.
Normally, I’m the first to call out Iran on bullshit, but, uh, they ain’t wrong here.
Except this is totally wrong. Israel is doing it out of self interest, not some weird conspiracy to drag the west into something. They want to gain power for themselves, just as Iran, the US, and every other country wants to do. There is zero reason to think it’s more than that. Bibi needs a distraction, and that’s what all of this is.
It’s not a weird conspiracy though. It’s just that dragging the US into protecting Israel from Iran has the effect of halting US criticism of the Gaza genocide.
Dragging the US into the middle east would provide Bibi the distraction he needs for the rest of his life.
Or maybe Iran is making a play by saying something to enflame Americans? I don’t know why anyone would listen to Iran suddenly. Sure, they’re against Israel, which is the popular stance here right now (for good reason), but they don’t care to be accurate. They say something because it’s useful.
I wasn’t on Lemmy then, but I’d be curious to see what Lemmy would have been like during the Iranian protests that I think we’re last year. I’m sure they’d be saying Iran is lying about everything then and only saying what’s useful. I don’t know why anyone would trust a word they say now.
Anything with power is always lying. Consider what purpose saying it has. Even if it’s true, they’re saying it to manipulate. The actual implied intent is a lie.
I don’t think Iran is trying to inflame Americans, but more noting that the continued attacks on Palestinians are not going to be tolerated diplomatically for long. This is a diplomatic crisis and different sides are negotiating both publicly and privately.
Iran’s attack was in response to Israel attacking their embassy, not Palestine.
I don’t think you have to “listen to Iran” to know Israel attacked their embassy compound.
Yeah, because Iran is noted for their knowledge of geopolitics
I mean, yes. Iran is unironically very talented at manipulating regional politics to their favor. You don’t have one of the best systems of proxies and catpaws in the region without knowing shit like that.
Iran’s international competence isn’t generally the problem - but whether to trust what they say. Usually, the answer is “No, you shouldn’t trust anything out of their mouth”, but in this case, it’s a “The sky is blue” moment.
This has been Israel’s aim for its entire existence. It’s no mere coincidence that any country that could potentially stand up to it has been invaded or otherwise regime changed (Iraq, Libya, Syria, etc) or paid off (Egypt, Saudi Arabia, etc, but likely only to hold them off because their turn will come later). Iran is a major item on the hit list.
While Netanyahu would love to draw all of NATO into a giant Middle Eastern conflict, I think he knows that goal isn’t realistic. What he’s likely aiming to accomplish is to destroy as much of Iran’s nuclear program as possible. That’s been his goal for over a decade.
How is it not realistic when iran has vowed to respond.
All bibi has to do is just keep doing tit for tat.
By “the west” I assume this means the US and Germany because at this point do any other countries even really support Israel?
Isn’t that enough!? OK, I suspect there are other governments out there that will fall on the side of Israel should push comes to shove. I strongly suspect the UK will also support Israel when it comes to it.
It’s just weird how people use “the west” and are just talking about the US. Gives off the vibes of some people calling China “the orient”.
LOL, hey kettle, meet pot.
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Yeah Iran should just keep getting hit by the bully (having top military generals get assasinated in consulates) without hitting back!
Always remember, if the bullied kid fights back, two parties are at fault!
Well Iran did start this latest round (using Hamas for plausible deniability) at the request of Russia to make a distraction for Ukraine.
They might have even taken into account Bibi being a monster and going too far in retaliation. That makes attacking Israel the perfect target to split US attention.
So at this point I expect Xi to go after Taiwan as soon as the US election is over. While Russia continues on Ukraine. And Israel does Israel things with Iran goading them on indirectly.
Start what with Hamas? Are you talking about Oct 7th? Iran had nothing to do with that. Stop watching Israeli news. It’s a firehose of lies.
Has nothing to do with Israel. Russia has been asking all their allies for help with supplies or support in Ukraine. This includes Iran. They met multiple times last year. Ultimately Hamas attacked Israel. Hamas doesn’t execute a plan at the scale that happened without Iran knowing. It doesn’t take any propaganda to put these pieces of the bigger puzzle together.
And as long as the world has the attention set on the shit show in Palestine, less attention is set on Russia raping, torturing and murdering civilians in Ukraine.
Funny thing: an awful lot of countries that increased their business with Russia after the invasion of Ukraine are the ones rushing to condemn Israel.
A grown up person knows that targeting civilians with rape, murder and torture is something that should be condemned regardless of level. In the case of Ukraine a lot of Russian friends were happy just “hoping that there will be peace soon” even with Bucha fresh in their memory.
At least now we know that India, South Africa and parts of South America are totally fine with colonization. So now we can leave that part of the history behind and know what to say the next time any of those countries bring it up.
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Would have been great if America didn’t overthrow Iran’s Democratic government in 1953 to steal their oil and helped do it again in 1979
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You think that’s a bad decision, you should learn what the USA did in South America for power and greed. Read this book if you want a detailed and verified account. Most have it has been declassified by the CIA to confirm.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26593431-the-new-confessions-of-an-economic-hit-man
They should just never ever fight back against the bullies! We should just keep saying “it’s bad that israel keeps doing that” and proceed to send weapons to israel to keep doing those things. And then when people fight back we do the both sides thing!
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Iran has done a very level headed retaliation to the attack on their embassy and has public stated they regard this matter as resolved. So indeed they are not placing themselves in an infinite victim role like israel does.
Iran’s been pretty fucking quiet since the Iraq War
Hamas Hezbollah and Houthis are all Iranian proxies. It’s like saying the USSR was quiet during the cold war.
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Like the US does?
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The United States Government…
Israel
Alright cool Iran, you see the potential danger. So how about you don’t escalate shit yourselves?
