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US Secretary of Defense in a reassuring message: Protect our allies from Iran
At the security conference in Bahrain, Lloyd Austin said that if Tehran did not seriously return to the nuclear deal - the US would "examine all options" to defend itself.
In answer to the Walla!
Regarding the feeling in the region that Washington is deterred from Iran, he replied: "No one will have any doubt that we will defend ourselves."
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Saturday, 20 November 2021, 09:50 Updated: 09:55
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U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said today (Saturday) at the security conference in Manama, the capital of Bahrain, that the United States will defend itself, its allies in the Middle East and its interests from Iran's attacks in the region. On the US nuclear deal "will examine all options" to defend itself.
Austin noted that next week negotiations will resume in Vienna on a return to the nuclear deal.
He said the United States would return with goodwill to goodwill talks but stressed that Iran's moves were not particularly encouraging.
"The United States is committed to preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons," Austin said.
"We are committed to a diplomatic solution to the nuclear issue. But if Iran is not willing to negotiate seriously we will look at all the options to protect the US. If Iran comes back with sensible positions we can resolve the dispute and go back to the nuclear deal."
"We'll look at all the options."
Lloyd Austin (Photo: Reuters)
Austin noted that Iran should not have the illusion that it will succeed in undermining US relations with the countries of the region.
"Committed not to let Iran acquire nuclear weapons"
In answer to the Walla!
On the fact that the United States did not respond to the Iranian attack on the American base in Syria and the feeling in the region that it is deterred from Iran - Austin said: "The United States reserves the right to defend itself and its interests in the appropriate place and time.
That no one will doubt it.
"We have defended ourselves against Iran and we are committed not to let Iran acquire nuclear weapons."
In his remarks, the Minister of Defense repeatedly tried to send reassuring messages to Arab countries and Israel regarding Iran. "In deterred by Iran, it has withdrawn from the region and is unwilling to use force against Iranian aggression - even when it is directed at American targets in the Middle East.
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