US, Israel facing ‘two-sided’ defeat in war on Gaza Strip: Iran security chief

Iran’s top security official says the United States and Israel are both suffering a “two-sided” defeat in the ongoing war on Palestinians in the Gaza Strip as they can neither stop the aggression nor continue it in the besieged territory.

Ali Akbar Ahmadian, who serves as Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), made the remark in a meeting with former Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi in Tehran on Tuesday.

Stressing that the US and Israel are both in a state of defeat from two aspects, Ahmadian said, “This regime loses if it continues the war, and will lose again if it is forced to stop it. Whether the US leaves the region or not and whether it will expand the war or not, it is a loser in both cases.”

The SNSC chief also underlined the need for the resistance front to bolster itself as a “superior” power in the region, saying the resistance front’s enemies are doing their utmost to prevent such a goal.  

“If the resistance front can become integrated in the economic field as well as in the political and military sectors and bring about achievements, it will attain the position of a superior power in the [regional and international] equations,” Ahmadian said.

“For this reason, our enemies are making every effort to prevent the realization of these goals,” he added.

Abdul-Mahdi, for his part, pointed to Ahmadian’s remarks and described them as “completely correct.”

The two sides also exchanged their views on various issues of mutual interest and bilateral cooperation between Tehran and Baghdad.