Iran introduced a new medium-range missile and urged the Persian Gulf countries to unite against the US

Faced with a military parade, President Hassan Rohani said the Persian regime was "willing to forget past mistakes" for neighboring states to form an alliance to what he called "enemies of Islam." Washington announced the deployment of more troops in Saudi Arabia

Iranian President Hassan Rohani urged the Persian Gulf countries on Sunday to prevent the United States from taking advantage of the divisions between them and said that sending foreign troops can create "problems." "We reach out to neighboring countries and we are even willing to forget their past mistakes because today the situation is such that the enemies of Islam and the region, that is, the US and Zionism (Israel), want to take advantage of the gap and the division between us, "Rohaní said in a speech during a military parade. Iran showed among great fanfare the Khordad-3 anti-aircraft defense system, which last June shot down an American drone. He also presented a medium-distance Iranian missile that can travel up to 2,000 kilometers, which leaves within its reach the arch-rival of Iran, Israel, and US bases in the region.

During the parade a new artillery system called "Hael" was also presented, which has a passive radar and detects the target without releasing waves, which allows it to act on the target without being seen. This system, manufactured by the Iranian Army, is mobile and designed to act against low-altitude targets such as cruise missiles or drones, the weapons most used in recent incidents in the Persian and Middle East. The White House has announced the deployment of more troops in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates after the attacks on two plants of the Saudi oil company Aramco, of which Washington accused Tehran, which has denied all involvement. Before this shipment of troops, Rohani reiterated that the security of the region must be guaranteed by the countries of the area to avoid an escalation.

The military parade in Tehran commemorated the 39th anniversary of the start of an eight-year war with Iraq started when Saddam Hussein invaded Iran in 1980 "The security of the Persian Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz and the Oman Sea is endogenous, foreign forces can create problems and insecurity for our nation and our region," he warned. "If they really seek the security of the region, do not send so many weapons, airplanes and bombs to the region ... that do not turn our region into an arms race," said Rohani, in full military display.

The ceremony was attended by Rohani, the secretary of the Iranian Supreme National Security Council, Ali Shamjani; the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, Mohamad Baqeri, and the commander in chief of the Revolutionary Guard, Hossein Salami In his speech, on the occasion of the commemoration of the Week of Sacred Defense, which marks the beginning of the war between Iran and Iraq (1980-1988), the Iranian president again unlinked his country from the incidents in the gulf Persian "The lies of those who want to attribute the incidents of the region to the Islamic Republic of Iran will be revealed," he said in reference to the attacks on Aramco, claimed by the Houthi rebels of Yemen but attributed by Washington and Riyadh to Tehran. The Iranian president also insisted that the US presence in the region "has always been disastrous" and said that at the UN General Assembly in New York Iran will present a peace initiative in the Strait of Hormuz so that security be guaranteed by the countries of the region.

The military stops took place in different cities of the country and, next to that of Tehran, one of the most important was that of the southern city of Bandar Abas, in the Persian Gulf Iran will announce to the world "that the presence of foreign forces can create problems and be dangerous for the region, for maritime safety and for oil safety," he added. The US is trying to create a coalition to protect ships in the Persian Gulf, and Saudi Arabia and the Emirates announced last week that they were joining it. In addition, on the new deployment of US troops, the Pentagon said they will focus on "air and missile defense." The Saudi Foreign Minister of State, Adel al Yubeir, yesterday agreed with this, because due to "the latest challenges" it is necessary "to increase security cooperation between the kingdom and its allies and partners to ensure that there is no obstacle to the international economy. "