By: Kayhan Int’l Staff Writer

The Islamic Republic of Iran means what it says regarding peace, stability, sovereignty, and mutual trust in the neighbourhood, which is unfortunately being infiltrated by terrorists, Zionists, US imperialists, and their local agents bent upon creating tension and discord in a region where the people share historic affinity.
Tehran has therefore given friendly advices to regional countries to not let seditious outsiders set foot on their soil, and warned the infiltrators of swift and decisive action against them, if they remain anywhere near its borders.
One of the those messages of peace was tweeted in several languages, including Hebrew by Ali Shamkhani, the Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC).
His Saturday’s tweet reads: “Powerful #Iran has always been benevolent to its neighbours & never posed a threat to them. Problems will be resolved with the cooperation of all countries in region. Any foreign influence is fruitless so we call on neighbours to be vigilant in this regard & to stay away from them (the outsiders).”
The intended audiences have taken note of Shamkhani’s friendly message, and hopefully the unwarranted tension of the recent months as a result of irrational developments, especially across our northwestern borders, would subside.
If not, the Islamic Republic, which is holding the military maneuvers code-named “Conquerors of Khaybar” – derived from the Prophet of Islam’s victorious campaign against the seditious Israelites of the fortress of the same name who were planning to attack Medina, but were overpowered, thanks to the valour of Imam Ali (AS) – will have no other choice but to take swift preventive action against the infiltrators.
Perhaps, the best piece of advice in this regard was delivered by the Leader of the Islamic Revolution on Sunday during his video address to the joint graduation ceremony for cadets of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Armed Forces Academies at Imam Husain (AS) University.
Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei did not mince words when he pointed to the rational approach of the Islamic Republic to the problems it faces and invited regional nations to act rationally.
He said: “Other governments had better act rationally as well and prevent the region from having a serious problem (because) those who dig a hole for their brothers fall in it first.”
He added: “The issues concerning Iran’s northwestern neighbours should be resolved wisely by relying on the people, through the cooperation of the armies of neighbouring countries and by avoiding the presence of any foreign military forces.”
The Leader warned against foreign interference in the region, since allowing foreign militaries to intervene or have a military presence in the region brings nothing but “discord and damage.”