Tension is rising in the Middle East! Surprise visit from North Korea to Iran

This move of Iran, which carried out the “Real Promise” operation with 300 missiles and UAVs in retaliation for Israel’s attack on the consulate in Damascus, had a wide repercussion in the world public opinion.

MISSILE ATTACK ON MILITARY BASE IN ISFAHAN

On April 19, consecutive explosions were heard in Isfahan, in the central part of Iran, at midnight. While Iran claimed that several small drones were shot down by its air defense systems, US officials said Israel fired a missile at a military base in Isfahan.

THE VISIT WAS ANNOUNCED BY THE OFFICIAL NEWS AGENCY

While the retaliatory war between Iran and Israel seems to have stopped for now, Tehran is hosting a surprise guest. North Korean officials visited Iran, the official news agency KCNA announced.

THEY PASSED WITH A SINGLE SENTENCE

KCNA reported that the delegation led by North Korean Foreign Economic Relations Minister Yun Jong Ho flew to Iran from the capital Pyongyang. No other details were shared in the one-sentence news, and the goals or agenda of the visit are unknown for now.

SUSPICION OF MILITARY COOPERATION

Similar visits between North Korea and Iran, which are presumed to have secret military relations, are extremely rare and often not made public. South Korean news agency Yonhapp wrote that the rare visit from Pyongyang to Tehran took place amid suspicions of military cooperation between Iran and North Korea.

THEY TRAVELED TO IRAN IN 2019

Yun Jong Ho, who is known to have been managing relations with Syria in previous years, visited Moscow, the capital of Russia, with a delegation in early April. Russian news agency TASS, which did not mention the visit to Moscow, reminded that North Korean officials last traveled to Iran five years ago, in 2019. It is known that North Korea provided a significant amount of missiles and weapons to Moscow during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which is in its twenty-eighth month today.

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