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  • 6/26/2025
The Iranian Ambassador to Malaysia held a press conference on Thursday (June 26) to address concerns about the ongoing Israel-Iran conflict and its potential impact on Southeast Asia, particularly Malaysia.

Valiollah Mohammadi Nasrabadi emphasised Iran's commitment to maintaining regional stability while defending the country's nuclear rights.

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Transcript
00:00As-salamu alaykum.
00:02As-salamu alaykum.
00:08Oswakam.
00:10I would like to thank Malaysia,
00:12Malaysian government,
00:14Malaysian people,
00:16organizations. Most of them,
00:18almost all of them,
00:20they support Iran.
00:22They have their position against Israel.
00:24And because
00:26Israel did against
00:28international law.
00:30And I would like to thank
00:32all of them.
00:34We, of course, coordinate with Malaysian
00:36government, but this
00:38situation also.
00:40His Excellency Prime
00:42Minister, before yesterday,
00:44talked with our
00:46President, and how
00:48we can, of course,
00:50work together and
00:52work for the peace and security
00:54in the region, especially in the
00:56Middle East and Persian Gulf region.
00:58and
01:00Iran always try
01:02that this part of the world
01:04be secure and
01:06of course, without
01:08problem.
01:10For this reason, always we try to
01:12keep Persian Gulf
01:14and this region, because it's
01:16a place for energy,
01:18be quiet, be
01:20under control and in the security,
01:22the best security.
01:24Does that mean that you'll provide
01:26passage for, let's say,
01:28shipments that's going to come from
01:30nations, from
01:32allies?
01:34Yeah, there is no problem.
01:36There is no problem.
01:38Iran always want to
01:42this area
01:44be open for the trade
01:46and, of course, economic
01:48cooperation between our
01:50neighboring country and Iran with the
01:52overseas of other countries in the world.
01:54the world.
01:56I'm sure if we didn't defend
01:58our country, after
02:00Iran they attack another country,
02:02because they showed during the last
02:04two years, one by one attack.
02:06And this is, of course,
02:08Malaysia can ask
02:10international community to work
02:12together to stop them to
02:14fix, of course,
02:18try for security
02:20in the region.
02:21Yeah, of course
02:22for this area also,
02:24we have a very good relation
02:26with all countries here.
02:28And we have,
02:30we are, of course,
02:32signed the
02:34TAC of the ASEAN,
02:36and we have a very good
02:38cooperation with all our
02:39same country.
02:40And we try to expand
02:42our relation, economic relation
02:44between this area.
02:45And we can,
02:46we support any
02:48initiative for the expansion
02:49of the relation.
02:50And,
02:51we want to
02:53be sure that
02:55we work with ASEAN,
02:57we want to work with ASEAN
03:00as a friendly
03:02block,
03:03and expand our relation
03:05as I know
03:07the,
03:08the ASEAN region
03:09always
03:10talking about
03:11peace,
03:12and secure
03:13for the trade
03:14and economic
03:15expand,
03:16economic
03:17development
03:18for this
03:19and I hope,
03:20inshallah,
03:21they also can
03:22issue the
03:23statement
03:24for,
03:25and support
03:26Iran
03:27for,
03:28they,
03:29for its
03:30defense of the country.
03:32Iranian
03:33parliament
03:34yesterday
03:35approved to
03:36suspend the
03:37cooperation with
03:38IAEA.
03:39So, your comment on that?
03:41Well,
03:42you know,
03:43after
03:44attack
03:46by
03:47Israel against
03:49Iran,
03:50attack
03:51to the
03:52sides,
03:53as I told you,
03:54the
03:55IAEA
03:56didn't
03:57condemn.
03:58And,
03:59for this reason,
04:00we said,
04:01what is the reason
04:02we,
04:03we are
04:04host of the
04:05many
04:06observers,
04:07you know,
04:09the,
04:10most
04:11observers
04:12in the world,
04:13they are in Tehran,
04:14the most,
04:15the numbers,
04:17in case of numbers.
04:18So,
04:19we are host
04:20them,
04:21we are here,
04:22we check everything,
04:23but they didn't
04:24condemn
04:25that non-member
04:26of the NPT
04:27attack Iran.
04:28They didn't
04:29condemn.
04:30what is the meaning
04:31of this?
04:32And, you know,
04:33Israel attacked
04:34one refinery
04:36and,
04:37of course,
04:38signed,
04:39what you said,
04:40closed up the
04:41Persian Gulf.
04:43But, we didn't
04:44answer.
04:45We didn't answer
04:46because we don't
04:47want to expand
04:48this war
04:49to the Persian Gulf.
04:50We want to be
04:51Persian Gulf secure.
04:53How about your
04:54relationship
04:55with Russia
04:56and China?
04:57Are they really
04:58important?
04:59We have the best
05:00relationship with them.
05:01You know,
05:02we are a member
05:03of the BRICS.
05:05Iran is one member
05:07of the BRICS.
05:08And,
05:09China is a member
05:10of the BRICS.
05:11Russia is a member
05:12of the BRICS.
05:13We work together
05:14very closely.
05:16And,
05:17of course,
05:18many,
05:19with many countries,
05:20we have very good
05:21relations and
05:22cooperation.
05:23as I told you,
05:24with all neighbour
05:25countries,
05:26Turkey,
05:27Pakistan,
05:28Emirates,
05:29Qatar,
05:30Kuwait,
05:31we have the best
05:32relations.
05:33Of course,
05:34China and Russia,
05:35as a big country,
05:36we have a good
05:37relation with them.
05:38And, just now,
05:39today, I think,
05:40or tomorrow,
05:41our Minister
05:42will be,
05:43Defence,
05:44will be in China.
05:46our Minister
05:47of Defence,
05:48not for the bilateral
05:50meeting,
05:51for the Shanghai
05:52meeting.
05:53Because,
05:54we are a member
05:55of Shanghai also.
05:56We want to,
05:58of course,
06:00we fight others
06:02in other places,
06:03not here.

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