Iran Not Waiting For Nuclear Weapons To Destabilize The Middle East

Iran Not Waiting for Nuclear Weapons to Destabilize the Middle East

Khaled Abu Toameh

Iran’s mullahs are continuing to meddle in the internal affairs of Arab countries, especially Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Yemen.

This is happening while the US administration and other Western powers continue to delude themselves into thinking that appeasing Iran’s rulers and signing a new nuclear deal with them will bring security and stability to the Middle East and the rest of the world.

The goal of Iran’s mullahs is to spread their control to as many countries as possible by using their terrorist proxies, including Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and the Houthi militia in Yemen.

Iran’s rulers are also seeking to increase their political influence in these countries. They aim to turn Iran into a superpower and major player in the Middle East at a time when US influence in the region appears to be dwindling.

Iran’s mullahs and their allies also want to make sure that no more Arabs or Muslims will make peace with Israel.

Needless to say, Iran’s mullahs are not only opposed to peace with Israel. They and their proxies have repeatedly stated that their real goal is to eliminate Israel.

Now the mullahs have every reason to be satisfied. Their effort to stop Arabs from signing peace agreements with Israel scored an achievement when Iraq’s parliament voted in favor of a law to criminalize normalization with the “Zionist entity,” punishable with a death sentence.

The law is a huge gift to Iran and its allies in Iraq. On the other hand, it is a severe blow to those Iraqis and Arabs who want to make peace with Israel but are now afraid of Iran and its puppets.

“The [Iraqi] House of Representatives voted, during its session today, on a proposed law criminalizing normalization with the Zionist entity,” the parliament’s media department said in a statement.

Iraq, in other words, is saying: “We will kill any Iraqi who dares to engage in any form of normalization with Israeli Jews.” This warning, of course, has brought joy to the leaders of Iran.

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