{"id":256492,"date":"2024-10-11T11:54:34","date_gmt":"2024-10-11T15:54:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=256492"},"modified":"2024-10-11T11:54:16","modified_gmt":"2024-10-11T15:54:16","slug":"iran-issues-secret-warning-to-us-allies-in-gulf-region-wsj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=256492","title":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Iran issues \u2018secret warning\u2019 to US allies in Gulf region \u2013 WSJ<\/b><\/h2>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-256493\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screen-Shot-2024-10-11-at-11.52.02-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"478\" height=\"497\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screen-Shot-2024-10-11-at-11.52.02-AM.png 478w, http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screen-Shot-2024-10-11-at-11.52.02-AM-289x300.png 289w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 478px) 100vw, 478px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Tehran has warned several US allies in the Middle East, including Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar, not to assist Israel in any potential attack on Iran, according to unnamed Arab officials cited by the Wall Street Journal.<\/p>\n<p>The warning,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/world\/middle-east\/irans-secret-warning-to-u-s-allies-dont-help-israel-or-youre-next-ccfa5fa0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reportedly<\/a>\u00a0issued through\u00a0<em>\u201csecret diplomatic channels,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0was a response to Israeli threats of a severe reprisal after Iran fired about 180 ballistic missiles at Israel earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli officials have been advocating for devastating retaliatory strikes on Iran\u2019s nuclear facilities and oil infrastructure, while the US is trying to keep the response limited and avoid a broader war that could spill across the region.<\/p>\n<p>The escalating conflict between Israel and Iran has raised concerns among energy-rich Persian Gulf states about the safety of their own oil facilities. US military installations and forces in the region could also be at risk due to potential miscalculations or escalations, which could lead to unintended consequences, according to the WSJ.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/605544-iran-retaliation-us-allies-warning\/\">https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/605544-iran-retaliation-us-allies-warning\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-256492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=256492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256492\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=256492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=256492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=256492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}