Al Jazeera channel interview with Mr. Abbas Arakchi, Iranian Foreign Minister -. Part 7 The Anchor: So, Dr. Arakchi, if America goes on the offensive, should we expect Iran, following the same approach it has taken in the past, to target targets in the Gulf states that you consider to be American targets? Dr. Arakchi: War has its rules. 4,000 of our people were murdered in this war, and 168 innocent children were murdered in just one school. I have many examples of this. They murdered our commander, and our officials were murdered. No one can be expected to just sit and watch. We defended ourselves, and as I said, some mistakes may have occurred at times during this defense; Maybe a site was accidentally targeted, or a missile went out of control. Our friends in the Gulf should understand that the right way to prevent the recurrence of American and Israeli aggression against Iran is to condemn this aggression if it occurs. In the last war, we did not see our friends condemning the attack on Iran. The anchor: Oman is close to you. Qatar made great mediation efforts and played an important role. Oman has also always stated its opposition to this war. Saudi Arabia, as a large country, has also declared its opposition to war and has taken many steps in this direction. Despite the differences of opinion between it and Iran, it did not participate in this war. What can the Gulf countries do so that they are not targets of attack, as long as they are not a party to this war? Dr. Arakachi: We have no enmity with these countries; on the contrary, we have established good cooperation with them during the past months. Our cooperation has always been good with Oman, and Oman used to be a mediator in the dialogue between us and America. Qatar is now playing a very positive and good role. And we have had ongoing dialogues with Saudi Arabia. Prince Khaled visited Tehran accompanied by his counterpart from the Pakistani army command and the head of the Turkish intelligence service.