The Cup of the Arab countries of the Persian Gulf and what the West does not say
It is an undeniable fact that the holding of tournaments in Iraq and the confidence of the countries of the region and FIFA on Iraq to host, is derived from the stability and security that has been established in recent years due to the presence of Iraq in the resistance front and brave men such as martyred Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis.
NOURNEWS - For the first time since 1979, Iraq has hosted an international sports competition, and on this basis, Basra will host the participants in the Cup of the Arab countries of the Persian Gulf from Friday.
In this competition, which is held every two years, six countries, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Oman and Bahrain, which are located around the Persian Gulf, compete with each other, along with the two countries of Iraq and Yemen.
This tournament is hosted by Iraq, which is significant from several angles:
At the same time, with the reduction of the presence of Americans, besides paying attention to domestic economic and political issues, Iraq has also played a role in the regional and global arena, and in addition to expanding bilateral and multilateral relations with its neighbors, Arab and Western countries, it has also tended to China and Russia and played the role of a mediator.
The effective hosting of Iran-Saudi negotiations and even the proposal to repeat this process regarding Iran-Egypt relations is significant in this context.
according to this; Hosting the Persian Gulf Arab Cup can be defined as another part of Iraq's soft diplomacy, which will definitely help to raise Iraq's position in the public opinion of the region and the world.
On the other hand; In recent days, some Western, Arab and Zionist media circles have tried to interpret the hosting of Iraq and the favor of the Arab countries of the region to this country as equivalent to the reduction of Iran's role.
This claim becomes more colorful when some Iraqi officials have used fake words instead of the name of the Persian Gulf in places far from the principle of regional convergence and de-escalation and ignoring undeniable historical facts.
What has been highlighted in these media is the statement of Iraqi Prime Minister "Mohammed Shia al-Sudani" about the Persian Gulf Nations Cup, in which the fake phrase "Arabian Gulf" was used.
Also, Moqtadi Sadr's use of the fake name "Arabian Gulf" in his Twitter message strengthened this suspicion.
This kind of behavior, which is far from the historical facts and good neighborliness, and definitely needs to be revised and corrected, while it was done by some Iraqi officials, and "Gianni Infantino", the president of FIFA, used a fake name instead of the Persian Gulf in his Instagram text. He faced the protest of the Iranian Football Federation.
In addition to Infantino's text, FIFA also repeated the same issue on its Instagram page, which shows that the media is creating an environment for the abuse of the aforementioned games with the aim of overshadowing the fraternal and all-round relations between Tehran and Baghdad, which increased on a wider scale during the recent visit of Al-Sudani to Tehran.
Iran and Iraq have many regional and global capacities, which have become the basis for the tendency of regional and extra-regional countries to establish and expand relations with them, and according to the changes in the new world order, this position will be improved.
On the other hand; It is an undeniable fact that holding tournaments in Iraq and the assurance of the countries of the region and FIFA that Iraq will be a good host is due to the stability and security that has been achieved in recent years due to the presence of Iraq in the resistance front and the role played by the likes of Sardar Soleimani and Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis in the fight against terrorism.
BY: Mohammad Ghaderi
NOUNEWS