Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday warned all foreign countries to withdraw their troops from the Middle East or they will be put in danger.
“Today, the American soldier is in danger, tomorrow the European soldier could be in danger,” Hassan Rouhani said without elaborating.
Rouhani’s remarks come for the first time threatening apparently the European forces in the region amid Tehran’s heightening tensions with the US.
The warning a day after the United Kingdom, France and Germany challenged Tehran over breaking the limits of a major nuclear deal signed in 2015 between Iran and six world powers.
The three EU states said on Tuesday that they activated a “trigger mechanism” to pressure Iran to return to the Nuclear Deal and abide by its terms especially on the limits of uranium enrichment.