After Bombay's remarks .. Tehran vows to turn the Gulf into a bloody quagmire

Hours after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in Cairo that the Gulf states would not enjoy security as long as the Iranian threat persists, Tehran responded strongly to the commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard's naval forces, Admiral Alireza Tangsiri, who vowed to call the "enemies" A swamp of blood "if they make any mistake in the accounts."

Pompeo arrived in Egypt Wednesday evening as part of a regional tour that led him to Jordan and Iraq, and will visit later Gulf countries.

He stressed in a speech at the American University in Cairo that the sanctions on Iran will continue to change its policies, stressing that the US administration is working to form what he called a "strategic alliance" in the Middle East, including the six Gulf states, in addition to Egypt and Jordan, Region".

Pompeo also stressed that the United States would not provide any assistance for the reconstruction of the areas controlled by Assad, until the withdrawal of the last Iranian soldier from Syria.

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He called on the Middle East countries to overcome what he called "old rivalries" to confront Iran, warning that "Tehran's ambitions are not limited to the Middle East" only.

In the first reaction to Pompeo's remarks, Admiral Tangsiri said Iran would "strike a hard blow at the enemies in the event of any wrongdoing," accusing "foreign forces" of causing insecurity and stability in the region.

He added that the external forces have been in the region for years illegally, and that it "is incapable of any adventure against Iran because it is aware of the capabilities of the naval forces of the Revolutionary Guards."

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said in a tweet on Twitter: "Where America intervened, chaos, repression and resentment were resolved."

He added that it is better for the United States to recognize that it has lost Iran as an ally.

Pompeo's visit to the region comes, according to observers, to reassure Washington's allies over US President Donald Trump's decision last month to withdraw his troops from Syria.