A possible military escalation between the United States and Iran would have serious consequences for the entire Middle Eastthe spokesman of the Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Majid Ansári, said on Tuesday. He said so at the time when The United States is considering possible military action against Tehran over widespread anti-government protests. TASR informs about it according to the report of the AFP agency.
- Qatar has warned of serious consequences of a military escalation between the US and Iran.
- The US is considering military action against Tehran over widespread anti-government protests.
- Protests in Iran turned into violent demonstrations, about 2,000 people died.
- The international community condemned the repression and imposed diplomatic measures against Iran.
- Iran declares readiness for war, but at the same time demands fair negotiations.
“We know that escalation…would have catastrophic consequences in the region and beyond, so we want to avoid that as much as possible,” said Ansari at a press conference in Doha. “Right now, we’re still in a state where we believe it can be resolved diplomatically,” stated. According to him, Qatar is negotiating with all parties in an effort to find a diplomatic solution.
The largest demonstrations in Iran since the turn of 2022 and 2023 broke out on December 28 after traders in Tehran staged a protest against rising prices and the collapse of Iran’s rial currency. Since then, the protests have intensified and grown into large-scale anti-government demonstrations. Subsequently, on January 8, the government blocked the Internet in the country and telephone calls abroad.
The Reuters agency, citing an unnamed Iranian official, reported on Tuesday that approximately 2,000 people have already died in these protests. Several countries, the European Union and UN Secretary-General António Guterres have condemned the harsh actions of the Iranian security forces against the protesters. Spain and Finland summoned the Iranian ambassadors in this regard, and the President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsolová, announced on Monday that The EP banned diplomats from Iran and other representatives of the Islamic Republic from entering all its premises in response to the Tehran regime’s crackdown on protesters.
US President Donald Trump has threatened Iran with tough action if it kills protesters. The government in Tehran criticizes Trump’s statements, and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Arakchi said on Monday that the protests “became violent and bloody to create a pretext” for the US president to intervene. Trump’s warnings, he said, motivated “terrorists” to target protesters and security forces in order to provoke foreign intervention.
Arákchi also said that the Islamic Republic does not seek war, but is fully prepared for it. According to him, Iran is ready for negotiations that however, they must be “fair, with equal rights and based on mutual respect”.
