Tehran “is the principal source of regional instability and terror,” declare G7 leaders in a joint statement.

Tehran “is the principal source of regional instability and terror,” declare G7 leaders in a joint statement.

The leaders of the G7 countries on Monday issued a joint statement saying Iran should not have nuclear weapons and affirming Israel’s right to defend itself.

“Iran is the principal source of regional instability and terror. We have been consistently clear that Iran can never have a nuclear weapon,” declared the statement, issued by the leaders of the U.S., U.K., France, Germany, Italy, Canada and Japan, along with the EU.

They pledged to “remain vigilant to the implications for international energy markets and stand ready to coordinate, including with like-minded partners, to safeguard market stability.”

  • peoplebeproblems@midwest.socialEnglish
    135·
    16 hours ago

    Iran is the principal source of regional instability and terror.

    Ok does someone want to catch me up on this opinion shared by world leaders but quite literally no one else?

    Like yes, Iran is a terrible authoritarian state that is very dangerous. But so is Saudi Arabia?!

    • Dr. Moose@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      56 minutes ago

      Iran is literally funding all terrorist organizations in the region and even beyond that directly support Ruzies 🙄

    • Revan343@lemmy.caEnglish
      6·
      10 hours ago

      Well you see the existence of Iran forces Israel to bomb them, thus destabilizing the region. If Iran would simply stop existing, Israel wouldn’t have to bomb them, and the region would be stable

    • Ice@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      12 hours ago

      Here’s the short version (yes, this is incomplete because even writing this is a small essay. If somebody feels like adding context please do so), to answer your question on the background to their statement & position. The position is fairly common outside Lemmy at least.

      History, history, history… (very long story)

      2022: Israel was working on normalizing relations with the Arab countries. Things are relatively peaceful in the ME, albeit pretty shit for Arabs in Gaza & WB, not a warzone though. This succeeding would have been a threat to the Iranian network of terrorist organizations (Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthis, groups in Syria such as the IRGC).

      Iran pushes forth October 7 to reignite tensions, training Hamas operatives & such.

      Hamas attacks Israel on Oct. 7 kicking off the war - other Iranian proxy groups soon join in. Initially there is no direct conflict between Israel & Iran.

      2024 april - IDF strikes the Iranian consulate in Syria to take senior officers in the Hezbollah chain of command and assassinates several others. Iran retaliates with missiles against with strikes against Israel proper.

      After that, tit for tat strikes in increasing magnitude and escalations which have culminated in the current situation. No, it was not surprising, this conflict was always fundamentally between Israel & Iran and has been slowly escalating for a long time.

    • dinren@discuss.onlineEnglish
      510·
      16 hours ago

      I’m not defending anyone here, but Iran has made it very clear they want to use one

      • OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.mlEnglish
        72·
        15 hours ago

        Literally no? Where did you get that from? There is no country (other than the US, 80 years ago) who have made it clear they want to use one

          • OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.mlEnglish
            42·
            14 hours ago

            I left Korea recently after living there for 3 years. Idk what Fox News and CNN have going on, but no, North Korea is not threatening to nuke anyone. They use nukes as a “don’t invade me”, same as every other country

            • dinren@discuss.onlineEnglish
              15·
              14 hours ago

              More nonsense from an ML. I’d give you links with quotes but every source is in English so it’s obvious you’d claim it was false. We all know who you are ML: A shill for fascists. I await your whataboutism and links to other rambling nonsense.

              • OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.mlEnglish
                3·
                13 hours ago

                이 답은 좀 답답해… 난 대한민국에서 살았고 친구들이 군대 갔어 근데 너는 이유 없이 나의 말을 무시해.

                Why even bother reading things written by individual people who have experience in the region if you’re going to dismiss what they share?

                • dinren@discuss.onlineEnglish
                  16·
                  13 hours ago

                  I can also use Google translate. I don’t believe that you have experience in the region, that’s the problem. I can’t believe anything from an ML because they lie so frequently. Now, that might not be you specifically, but your instance is widely known and cannot be trusted.

                  • OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.mlEnglish
                    3·
                    12 hours ago

                    I’ve had to share this before but since I guess you don’t believe me, here’s my residency card