In retaliation for the attack that killed three soldiers, the U.S. military launched airstrikes on facilities associated with Iran's elite military forces in Iraq and Syria, and it is believed that at least 45 people were killed in the attack. Amid the voices of opposition from Iran and the countries that were bombed, attention will be paid to whether the United States will take further retaliatory measures.
On the 28th of last month, the U.S. military announced that the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps would be operating in Iraq and Syria in retaliation for a drone attack on a U.S. military base in Jordan in the Middle East that killed three soldiers. and air strikes on the facilities of related armed groups.
The Iraqi government announced that 16 people, including several civilians, were killed in this airstrike, and Syrian human rights groups said 29 people were killed.
In addition to these two countries, a spokesperson for Iran's Foreign Ministry issued a statement on the 3rd, calling the attack by the US military "a violation of the sovereignty of Iraq and Syria, and the US government also committed a strategic mistake." I blamed it.
Meanwhile, White House Strategic and Public Affairs Coordinator Kirby said on the 2nd, ``The United States does not want a conflict with Iran or an escalation of conflict in the Middle East,'' but added that ``retaliatory measures will not end tonight.'' , indicating that the attack will continue for a certain period of time.
If the United States takes further retaliatory measures amid protests from relevant countries, there are concerns that the exchange of attacks will go unchecked, and the Biden administration's future response will be closely watched.
EU High Representative Borrell: Attacks will lead to further escalation of tensions
Speaking at a press conference after a foreign ministers' meeting in Belgium on the 3rd, High Representative Borrell, who is the foreign minister of the European Union (EU), said of the US retaliatory measures: ``It is certain that every attack will lead to a further escalation of tensions.'' The country's foreign ministers expressed serious concern over the course of events.
``All we can do is ask all parties to understand that if the exchange of attacks continues, a more serious incident may occur at any time,'' he said, adding that he hopes the situation will worsen. He expressed his intention to work diplomatically to prevent this.
Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zakharova: ``We firmly condemn this outrageous act of aggression.''
Regarding the US military's airstrikes on the territory of Iraq and Syria, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zakharova released a statement on the 3rd, saying, ``It is clear that the airstrikes were carried out to further incite conflict. "We are trying to draw them into the conflict," he said.
He also called for an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council, saying he ``categorically condemns the outrageous acts of aggression against sovereign nations by the United States and the United Kingdom.''