December 31, 2021
No country has the right to speak or comment on the Islamic Republic’s defense capabilities, Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Baqeri-Kani insists. “Iran’s defense capabilities are a matter of national decision that is intertwined with its national interests and security; therefore, no country has the right to speak or comment on this,” Baqeri told Russia Today’s Arabic service.
“Each country’s defense capability is [only] that country’s business, and each country acts in accordance with its national interests and within the framework of its capabilities to ensure its security and gain adequate deterrent power,” he said, according to PressTV. “No other country has the right to talk about the capabilities and the things [military equipment] that another country possesses to defend its national interests,” he stressed.
Baqeri didn’t say where he got this idea. Officials of the Islamic Republic constantly talk about the policies of other countries that they do not like and are especially vocal about the sales of US military equipment to Saudi Arabia. Baqeri was claiming for Iran a status it does
