Iran slams continuous offensive on Bahraini nation as Tehran announces readiness to dispatch humanitarian aid to Bahrain as well as Libya

The head of Iran's Rescue and Relief Organization Mahmoud Mozaffar declared on Thursday that Tehran is ready to dispatch humanitarian aid to Muslim nations in the region, following the unrest taking place in Libya and Bahrain.

"We have made arrangements with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) based in Bahrain to dispatch food and relief aid as well as relief workers to these countries, and we are awaiting a reply," Mozaffar said in an interview with IRIBNews on Thursday.

"Relief and medical operations in groups of five people are ready to be dispatched to these areas," Mozaffar said, adding that all paper work for their entrance into Bahrain and Libya have been completed.

The ICRC has withdrawn from Benghazi, in eastern Libya, saying that it feared an imminent attack by forces loyal to Libyan long-time ruler Moammar Gaddafi. The UN Security Council has reportedly reached an agreement on the text of a draft resolution on a no-fly zone over Libya. The council is set to meet on Thursday to discuss the text.

In Bahrain, the military has imposed a curfew in most parts of the capital Manama and banned all public gatherings and demonstrations across the country.

US, ALLIES ACCOMPLICES IN REPRESSIONS
Meanwhile, Deputy Head of Iran's Armed Forces Joint Chiefs of Staff Brigadier General Massoud Jazayeri said on Thursday that the US and its Western allies are accomplices in the violent repression of peaceful protests by regional regimes. "Undoubtedly, the US and its European allies are complicit in the massacre of the nations that do not tolerate regimes subservient to foreigners," ISNA quoted General Jazayeri as saying. He said that regional “reactionary” regimes, who enjoy the support of the US, UK and Israel, have added to their already-poor record of performance by trying to brutally quell their people's demands.

Jazayeri warned the regimes against the ongoing violent clampdown on their people and said such repressions would bear no results but only add to nations' animosity toward the ruling systems as well as the hegemonic powers supporting such regimes. "Regional nations' hatred will come back to haunt these countries (the US and its allies) eventually. Therefore, it is incumbent on their (American and European) intellectuals and people not to allow such hatred grow further," he said.

In a related development, the Iranian Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC) has censured the foreign military invasion of Bahrain and warned against a spillover of violence and hatred around the world.

"If governments act against the demands of their nations through violence and massacre of civilians, it will stir international hatred," the commission said in a statement. "It will also draw ire from their own people and lead to the continuation of protests," it added.

TRAGIC OCCURRENCE WILL EXACERBATE SITUATION
Earlier, Iranian Parliament (Majlis) Speaker Ali Larijani warned against foreign military invasion of Bahrain, saying the "tragic occurrence" will exacerbate the situation in the Persian Gulf state.

"The entering of foreign forces into Bahrain will complicate the situation in the (Middle East) region and make it difficult to find a solution to the ongoing crisis in the country," Majlis news agency (ICANA) quoted Larijani as saying in a Wednesday meeting with Turkish Ambassador to Tehran Umit Yardim.

Larijani described the move as detrimental to the region and added that "foreign troops are committing a bigger crime as they are involved in the crackdown against Bahraini people." He also stressed the importance of holding constant discussions between Tehran and Ankara with regard to the ongoing developments in the region.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has blasted foreign military invasion of Bahrain, holding the US accountable for the move. "This military invasion was a foul and doomed experience. Regional nations hold the US government answerable for such a heinous behavior," President Ahmadinejad told reporters following a cabinet session.