The European Union’s top diplomat warned Wednesday that Iran’s leadership is essentially sealing its own fate through unprovoked missile strikes against neighboring nations.
Speaking to reporters in Warsaw, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas criticized Iran’s regional military actions, stating: “Iran’s strategy is to sow chaos and set the region on fire.”
Her comments came after Turkey announced that NATO defense systems had intercepted an Iranian ballistic missile that was targeting Turkish territory earlier Wednesday.
When asked about the missile incident, Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski condemned Iran’s expanding military aggression, saying: “Iran is broadening the war to countries that did not attack it … there is a well known saying it’s worse than a crime, it’s a mistake.”
Kallas acknowledged that the escalating Middle Eastern conflict is drawing focus away from the ongoing war in Ukraine, emphasizing the importance of keeping Ukraine’s situation in the spotlight. She noted that while Iran’s involvement in regional conflicts has weakened Russia’s alliance network, Moscow could still gain economically from rising oil prices caused by Middle Eastern instability.
