Iran warns US of 'new front'

Iran's foreign minister says the US will have to deal with new fronts if it continues to support Israel and prolong the Gaza conflict.

"The US has urged restraint from all sides, but has stood completely with Israel. New fronts will emerge against the US if they continue to act as they have in the past. The US must decide whether they want more intense fighting," Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said in an interview published today.

Foreign Minister Amir-Abdollahian declined to give details of the countermeasures Iran was preparing, but his comments marked an escalation in the war of words between Tehran and Washington.

Foreign Minister Amir-Abdollahian holds a press conference in the Lebanese capital Beirut on October 14. Photo: AFP

Many Western officials and analysts fear that the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group in Lebanon could attack Israeli territory if Tel Aviv launches a ground operation against the Gaza Strip. Militants in the Middle East could also attack US forces stationed in Iraq and Syria, leading to conflict that would engulf the Middle East.

Foreign Minister Amir-Abdollahian warned that Israel would face serious consequences if it decided to launch a ground offensive against Gaza. "Opening a new front would be inevitable and would put Israel in a situation it would regret. The situation is at the brink of explosion, anything can happen and a new front could appear at any time," he said.

Iran's foreign minister also asserted that Tehran was not involved in the attacks on US bases in Iraq and Syria in the past two weeks, stressing that the armed groups that carried out those attacks acted independently.

The statement came a day after the US carried out airstrikes on two facilities in Syria linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). US officials said there was no evidence that Iran ordered the attacks on US bases in the Middle East, but said Tehran was responsible for supporting the armed groups that carried out the attacks.

"We have not sent more troops to Syria and other places in the region, but Iran will not sit still and is ready to act to protect its national interests," Foreign Minister Amir-Abdollahian said.

Vu Anh (According to AFP )

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