In a sharp stance that reflects a clear political escalation regarding regional developments, President Saad Hariri considered that “all pretexts have fallen,” stressing that the scene had become “too clear to tell and too eloquent to argue,” in reference to the recent attack that targeted the Emirates.
Hariri said in a statement that Iran “previously justified its aggression against the Gulf states under a false pretext,” despite those countries’ denial of using their territories for any military action, adding that “the propaganda machine in Tehran and its axis continued to repeat the same story as if the repetition gave it credibility that it lacked from the beginning.”
He added, “What happened yesterday completely dropped the story and revealed the reality of the scene,” considering it “a direct attack without masks, introductions, or pretexts,” stressing that “the Iranian policy approach has become clear, and its title is aggression and the imposition of force with the logic of bullying.”
Hariri believed that “the attack on the Emirates was not a passing event, but rather a clear message that targeted a different political and civilizational model,” considering it “an open attempt to target an experience that was based on construction and openness, in exchange for a path of failures.”
He pointed out that “the Emirati model formed a mirror that reflects the failure of the Iranian regime’s adventures,” pointing out that “its people paid the cost of these policies through the depletion of wealth and the decline of opportunities.”
He continued, “The collapse of pretexts canceled all narratives, and only a clear reality remained called aggression,” noting that this approach extends “from Lebanon to Syria, Iraq, and Yemen, all the way to the Gulf,” and is accompanied by “a record of threats, blackmail, and the cultivation of armed groups.”
Hariri stressed that “what is happening is not a passing incident, but rather an ongoing approach that justifications can no longer cover,” stressing that “the facts have become sufficient to describe a bleak phase that does not need embellishment.”
He concluded by saying that this approach “is based on draining wealth, sabotaging the present, confiscating the future, and using issues as fuel for conflicts that extend throughout the region and the world.”
Hariri’s positions come in the context of an accelerating regional escalation, against the backdrop of tensions in the Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz, where the political confrontation intersects with increasing military movements, amid an exchange of accusations between the United States and Iran regarding targeting shipping and threatening energy supplies. This scene reflects the widening scope of the political clash, in light of international fears about its repercussions on regional stability and the global economy, especially with the sensitivity of the region as a vital corridor for trade and oil.
