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Hostile media blame Iran for assassination attempt against Trump

September 17, 2024 - 21:24

TEHRAN - In a commentary, Kayhan addressed the story of an assassination attempt against Trump for the second time and said: This is the second time in two months that it has been claimed that somebody is trying to assassinate Trump.

In both failed assassination attempts, some news media have tried to involve Iran in this story. Despite these accusations, federal police officials say that the person who attempted to assassinate Trump acted alone and there is no sign of foreign intervention in this operation. Involving Iran in this matter to cover up the dimensions of Trump's assassinations by directing the media close to the terrorist group of the MKO had a special meaning. The MKO lobby is trying to prevent the realization of Massoud Pezeshkian's plans in the UN General Assembly by creating illusory margins on the eve of the president's visit to New York. The attempt of some anti-Iranian elements to direct American foreign policy after the political developments in Iran is worthy of consideration. Trying to attribute the Trump assassination case to Iran is such a special sabotage!

Iran: The reverse effect of sanctions against Iran

 In a note, the Iran newspaper coped with the report of the Washington Post and wrote: According to this newspaper, Pezeshkian has sent this signal since coming to power that he is interested in re-interacting with the West, which can probably lead to the repairing of relations and the lifting of sanctions. Diplomatic sources have said despite such overtures, the efforts of Pezeshkian to strengthen foreign relations are unlikely to divert Iran from its main direction. The recent sanctions under the pretext of missile cooperation between Iran and Russia are part of the policy of constant pressure on Iran. While Iran had declared its readiness to restore and strengthen its relationship with the Western world, a wave of news has surfaced to create a new crisis against the Islamic Republic and affect its military cooperation with Russia. Britain, France, and Germany, in a joint statement they published, claimed that Iran is helping Russia in the Ukraine war by sending these missiles.

Shargh: Ambiguity in Iran's foreign policy

Shargh devoted its editorial to the foreign policy of the new Iranian government and said: The foreign policy of medium and small countries is mostly limited to neighboring regions and focuses on political, geopolitical, and security matters. Iran, along with most of its neighbors, is involved in political, ideological, and geopolitical issues and regional rivalries, which are directly related to the security of our border areas. But in this context, there is doubt that we can effectively help to solve the country's economic problems by working with our neighbors. Iran has the lowest level of economic interaction in the region due to disputes, sanctions, and its approach toward development. Whereas countries in other parts of the world, even Africa, are increasing interaction and the decisive role of the economy in determining political priorities is noticeable. "Preventing the reduction of capacities in the field of regional transportation and international transit", which is pointed out in Dr. Araghchi's program, is impossible with the continuation of sanctions. Therefore, with the continuation of the conflict it will be difficult to imagine that the future U.S. government, even if it wants to, would be able to convince the internal opponents to lift the sanctions.

Ham Mihan: Strategic patience

In an interview with former diplomat Javid Ghorban Oghli, Ham Mihan discussed Iran's strategy towards Israel and wrote: Israel had failed in its two previous attempts to expand the dimensions and geography of the war and involve Iran in it. Therefore, in the third operation against the interests of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Israel targeted the head of the political office of Hamas in the capital of Iran. After this assassination, Iran has preferred to put strategic patience on its agenda, because Israel has not directly taken responsibility for the assassination. There is no doubt that martyr Haniyeh was an enemy of Israel and on the terror list of this regime. However, there is an argument about whether a third party or an infiltrator carried out this operation and whether Israel directly interfered. This assassination took place when the new government took office in Iran. This issue also caused any action that would increase the level of tension in the region not be in the interest of Iran. Therefore, this strategy by Iran is advisable because an action similar to the previous one against Israel will greatly increase the level of tension in the region. After all, Netanyahu is strongly interested in expanding the geography of conflict, but America does not welcome it.

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