US-Iran hostility recipe for instability in Horn of Africa

Editor - Africa & International

Nation Media Group

A waning urge for direct interstate conflicts may have weakened the likelihood for a full-blown war, experts said of the tensions between the US and Iran.

But experts warned the Horn of Africa and the wider continent could still be roped in along ideological differences between Iran and US allies.

KENYA’S POSITION
Kenya is staying out of the US-Iranian tiff in what senior officials see as a way of keeping trouble at bay. Tension between the US and Iran escalated on Tuesday night after Tehran fired rockets on US military bases in Iraq. The officials spoke as Iranian diplomats in Nairobi dispelled fears their tension with the US could end up breaking relations with other countries, even though they warned that Iran will target all American military bases that have targeted Tehran’s interests.
The Iranians sought to clarify what they called targeted revenge against the US military, saying Iran was fighting back to “end the war”, not start one with other countries. Dr Tohid Afzali, the Iranian Embassy Head of the Political Department, argued that Tehran has beef with the US military and will target them. And while he argued that the US military was the only entity they will target, he claimed his country will protect the “long history” of relations with Kenya.
“The Iranian retaliation and harsh revenge is its reserved right, according to the UN Charter, Chapter 51.

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