Israel pushed US to make ‘grave miscalculation’ of waging war on Iran: Oman 

The Omani foreign minister says Israel pushed the United States to make the “grave miscalculation” of waging an illegal aggression against Iran when a nuclear deal was within reach.

Badr al-Busaidi, who mediated the latest US-Iran negotiations aimed at resolving the latter’s nuclear issue, wrote in an article published by The Economist that twice in the past nine months the two sides had been “on the verge of a real deal,” which was derailed by the Tel Aviv regime.

“So it was a shock but not a surprise when on February 28th—just a few hours after the latest and most substantive talks—Israel and America again launched an unlawful military strike against the peace that had briefly appeared really possible,” he said.

The top Omani diplomat also noted that Washington has “lost control of its own foreign policy,” saying Israel persuaded the US to unleash the war on the false basis that the Iranian government would offer an “unconditional surrender” after the assassination of former Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei.

“The American administration’s greatest miscalculation, of course, was allowing itself to be drawn into this war in the first place,” he added. “This is not America’s war, and there is no likely scenario in which both Israel and America will get what they want from it.”

US-Israeli war of aggression on Iran meant to reshape region: Omani FM

Oman’s Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr Albusaidi says that the United States and Israel launched an all-out coordinated aggression against Iran to block the Palestinian statehood and reshape the West Asia region.

Meanwhile, Busaidi described as a “catastrophe” the war and its wider impact on the Persian Gulf region, where the effects of Iran’s retaliatory strikes are being felt most acutely.

He further stressed that the Arab countries, which had placed their trust in American security cooperation, now experience that collaboration as an acute vulnerability, threatening their present security and future prosperity.

The Omani foreign minister also called for an end to the conflict and a return to bilateral negotiations.
“It will certainly be difficult for the Iranian leadership to return to dialogue with an administration that twice switched abruptly from talks to bombing and assassination. But the path away from war, hard though it may be for both parties to follow it, may have to lie through precisely this resumption. The parties need an incentive to summon the necessary courage to engage once again,” he said.

Last Thursday, Busaidi emphasized that “illegal” military attacks by the United States and Israel against Iran breach international law.

The criminal US-Israeli aggression on Iran began on February 28 with airstrikes that assassinated senior Iranian officials and commanders.

The Iranian Armed Forces have responded by launching almost daily missile and drone operations targeting locations in the Israelioccupied lands as well as US military bases and assets across the region.

They have conducted their retaliatory strikes based on the principle of "eye for an eye,” inflicting heavy losses on the enemies.

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