Iran’s deputy secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, Bagheri, said Iran geographically links Pakistan, Turkey and Saudi Arabia and therefore plays a central role in connecting those separated regions. He said Iran has been the only country to stand against what he described as the Zionist regime’s brutality and US aggression and to secure success. Bagheri added recent events have directly disproved the view that security can be guaranteed by engaging the Zionist regime, and that reg

Iran’s deputy secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, Bagheri, said Iran geographically links Pakistan, Turkey and Saudi Arabia and therefore plays a central role in connecting those separated regions. He said Iran has been the only country to stand against what he described as the Zionist regime’s brutality and US aggression and to secure success. Bagheri added recent events have directly disproved the view that security can be guaranteed by engaging the Zionist regime, and that regional states are now seriously seeking to build lasting security and have reached a consensus that they “must seek lasting security from within the region.”