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Overview
With contacts aimed at promoting possible normalization between Israel and Saudi Arabia in
the background, Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi
attacked Israel and warned against the normalization process. The Supreme Leader of Iran
once again referred to Israel as a “cancer” and declared that normalizing relations with it would
be a gamble on a losing horse. The Iranian president stated that the liberation of Jerusalem
was a top priority for the Muslim nation and that normalizing relations with Israel would be a
setback for any government in the Muslim world.
The Syrian army reported an Israeli strike against several military targets in the Deir ez-Zor
area in eastern Syria on the night of October 2, 2023. Iran did not comment on the attack,
which, according to some assessments, targeted a convoy delivering weapons and
components of Iranian air defense systems.
Iran condemned the drone attack launched on October 5, 2023, from Idlib territory in
northwestern Syria at the graduation ceremony of the officers’ course at the military college in
Homs, killing dozens of people. A spokesman for the Iranian foreign ministry blamed the attack
on “foreign supporters of the terrorist groups.”
Iraq’s national security adviser visited Tehran in early October 2023 to discuss the
completion of the implementation of the security agreement between the two countries. At
the same time, a delegation of the Iranian Border Police met in northern Iraq with an Iraqi
Border Police delegation to discuss the security situation on the border and the
implementation of the security agreement between the two countries.
In a first Iranian reaction to the developments in the Palestinian arena, Rahim Safavi, the
senior advisor to the Iranian leader, stated that Iran supports the "commendable operation of
Al-Aqsa Storm" and is confident that the 'Resistance Front' backs this cause. He congratulated
Spotlight on Iran
September 26 - October 8, 2023
Author: Dr. Raz Zimmt
