SNSC Secretary Ali Shamkhani remarked that "in the past two years, anti-revolutionary groups, which are backed by certain regional and trans-regional countries, have made many attempts to destabilise Iran's north west borders, which were all foiled...any attempt by any groups or countries to destabilise Iran's borders will face severely aggressive and preemptive measures". Shamkhani also suggested that "some [regional countries] have put it on their agenda to carry out suspicious nuclear projects by squandering their petrodollars", warning that the "start of new threats like this will no doubt make us devise our strategy based on the new nature and geography of threats".