During a speech to Iran’s naval commanders July 21, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander Brig. Gen. Mohammad Ali Jafari spoke about the threats to Iran in the Persian Gulf region and the importance of maintaining security. Jafari said that some of Iran’s neighbors are actively trying to spread unrest inside Iran, adding that some regional countries and particularly the House of Saud have become “clear enemies and today spend a lot of money to spread instability to Iran.”
Jafari did not say exactly what Saudi Arabia is doing. Mohsen Rezaei, a former IRGC commander during the Iran-Iraq War and the current secretary of Iran's Expediency Council, recently accused Saudi Arabia of establishing a training camp in Iraqi Kurdistan near Iran’s borders. Rezaei warned the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) that if the Kurdish groups that have become so active lately are not contained, Iran would respond with military operations. A KRG statement denied Rezaei’s claims, saying that if they were true, a joint Iran-KRG committee would have investigated.
