2024-04-16 18:18:52
Mehr News Agency quoted the Deputy Chairman of the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission of the Iranian Shura Council, Shahriar Heydari, as saying, “The Jordanian government’s opening of its country’s airspace to the Zionists to confront Iranian attacks is a strategic mistake.”
Haidari added, “At least Jordan could have remained silent or even supported Iran’s legitimate defense against the Zionist entity.”
These statements come after the Jordanian Foreign Ministry announced – last Sunday – that it had summoned the Iranian ambassador to Amman, and asked his country to stop “questioning” Jordan’s positions on the Palestinian issue after the Kingdom announced the interception of “flying objects” during the Iranian attack on Israel.
Foreign Minister Ayman Al-Safadi said at the time, “Unfortunately, there were offensive statements (against Jordan) by the Iranian media, including the Iranian official news agency.”
He added, “Iran’s problem is with Israel, not with Jordan. Neither Iran nor anyone else can outbid what Jordan is doing, what it is offering, and what it has provided historically for Palestine.”
He stressed that “if this danger was coming from Israel, Jordan would take the same action it did, and this is a position we confirm clearly and frankly, and we will not allow anyone to endanger the security of Jordan and the Jordanians.”
Jordan announced – last Sunday – that it had intercepted “flying objects” that violated its airspace on Saturday night, coinciding with the missile and drone attack launched by Iran on Israel.
Video clips showed the interception of objects in the Kingdom’s airspace during the night, at a time when the remains of at least one missile fell in the Marj Al-Hamam area in the Jordanian capital. Users of social media platforms in the Kingdom also shared video clips showing the wreckage of another missile in the Al-Hasa area in the Tafila Governorate in the south of the Kingdom.
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The Jordanian Armed Forces also announced that its air force had increased its sorties “to prevent any penetration into Jordanian airspace and to defend the skies of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.”
She indicated that this measure confirms Jordan’s firm position not to allow the use of “Jordanian airspace by any party for any purpose, given the infringement it constitutes on Jordanian sovereignty, and what may threaten the security of the nation and the safety of its citizens.”
It is noteworthy that Iran launched more than 300 drones and missiles at Israel last Saturday night, in the first attack launched by Iran directly from its territory on Israel, and not through groups loyal to it, and it came in response to a missile attack that targeted the consular section of the Iranian embassy in Damascus in early April. The current one.
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