Iran Issues Direct Warning in Korean Over Potential Troop Deployment: "A Dangerous Choice Has Consequences"

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Iran, which previously singled out South Korea for a warning, has now posted a message on social media entirely in Korean, warning that sending troops will lead to severe consequences. A prominent Iranian official also hinted that South Korean assets in the Middle East could become targets of attack.

From Washington, correspondent Jeon Byeong-nam reports.

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Iran has issued a public warning message in Korean directed at the South Korean government, which is currently deliberating on military contributions, including troop deployment to the Strait of Hormuz.

Writing "A dangerous choice has consequences," the message warned that "countries participating in military operations in the Strait of Hormuz will be regarded as supporting the aggressor, which will entail severe consequences."

It appears the use of Korean was intended to deliver a clear message urging Seoul not to yield to U.S. pressure.

[Esmaeil Baghaei / Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson: South Korea and several other nations clearly understand that joining U.S. aggression and interference constitutes explicit complicity in military aggression.]

Analyses have also emerged suggesting that South Korean assets in the Middle East could become targets of attack.

[Mohammad Marandi / Professor, University of Tehran: Iran will view this as a hostile act and will seek to destroy all assets South Korea holds in this region.]

Meanwhile, the United States has kept up pressure for troop deployment, arguing that military support is inevitable to resolve issues such as Middle Eastern crude oil transportation.

[Chris Wright / U.S. Secretary of Energy: I think other countries will join in these efforts going forward because global trade is important.]

Amid the ongoing standoff between the U.S. and Iran, the Israeli Air Force launched two airstrikes on the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Rumman on the 7th, local time.

The attacks left at least 12 people dead and numerous others injured.

In particular, Lebanon's Ministry of Public Health stated that the first airstrike hit a residential building, killing 11 people on the spot, including two children and four women.

Although a basic framework for a truce was reached in June through U.S. mediation, differences over the disarmament of Hezbollah have failed to narrow, raising the risk of an all-out war between Israel and Hezbollah, an Iranian proxy force.

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