Iran has once again made its position clear, stating that it will never attack Turkey's mainland! On March 5, the Iranian General Staff issued a statement saying that the Iranian armed forces stated that they respect Turkey's sovereignty and denied launching any missiles into Turkish territory. We respect the sovereignty of neighboring and friendly countries and deny launching any missiles into their territory. It is obviously very intriguing that Iran made this statement.
This fully illustrates one point: both have U.S. military bases, but Iran's attitude towards Gulf countries and Turkey is completely different. And Iran specifically said "We respect the sovereignty of neighboring and friendly countries," which is very offensive to Saudi Arabia and other countries. In fact, for the same neighboring countries, Iran does not hesitate at all towards Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, and others, and says to bomb their U.S. military bases.
It is obvious that Iran has two different attitudes towards Turkey and Gulf countries. The fundamental reasons are two: first, Turkey is a NATO member, and attacking Turkey would trigger Article 5 of NATO, which is equivalent to finding help for the United States, and Iran certainly won't do that. Second, Turkey condemns the U.S. and Israel, and supports Iran's efforts to defend its territory and sovereignty. For such a country, Iran is certainly careful. Of course, Iran's clarification is also to avoid Israel from interfering and framing and causing trouble. Iran clearly knows what is important.
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