Zarif: US supporting dictators, extremists
makes precise calculations, apologizes to Iran for its past inferences, recognizes the glory and dignity of the Iranian nation and the great Islamic Revolution and talks to the Iranian people respectfully,” the president said, according to president.ir.
Our nation seeks friendly and humane relationship with all great nations, particularly our neighbors, he said.
President Rouhani said the Islamic Republic of Iran advocates a Middle East free from nuclear weapons and WMDS and a world against violence and extremism.
The United States seeks to put pressure and disappoint the Iranian nation, but our people are more united than ever.
Referring to the victory of the Iranian nation in the revolution, he said it was the victory of the right over wrong and democracy over dictatorship.
“The Islamic Revolution was actually popular and a symbol of independence in the bipolar world order.”
The people of Iran achieved victory over a regime armed to teeth through unity and devotion,” he said, The Islamic Revolution inspired the oppressed peoples and was like an earthquake for the US and Israel. 2 Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif delivered a stronglyworded response to US President Donald Trump for once again accusing Iran of sponsoring “terror.”
The top Iranian diplomat says Washington is itself supporting dictators in the Middle East region to advance its hostile anti-iran policies, Press TV reported.
“Iranians – including our Jewish compatriots – are commemorating 40 yrs of progress despite US pressure, just as @realdonaldtrump again makes accusations against us,” Zarif tweeted on Wednesday, in reference to the upcoming 40th anniversary of Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution, which toppled the Washington-backed Pahlavi regime.
Zarif further said Washington’s decades-long hostility toward Iran has led it to support “dictators, butchers and extremists” in the Middle East.
Zarif’s tweet comes in reaction to Trump’s State of the Union address on Tuesday, during which he called Iran “the world’s leading state sponsor of terror,” and said the Islamic Republic “chants death to America.”
Under the Trump administration, the US has stepped up its pressure campaign against Iran.
The campaign reached its peak in May 2018, when he unilaterally withdrew America from the 2015 nuclear deal in defiance of international criticisms.
During his State of the Union Speech, Trump also defended the decision for America to abandon the “disastrous” Iran deal and “place the toughest sanctions ever” against the country.
Trump’s White House is also preparing to host a so-called Middle East security conference in Warsaw, Poland, next week to discuss ways of piling pressure on the Islamic Republic.
‘Terror in Mideast rooted in US policies’
Also reacting to Trump’s latest anti-iran rhetoric, Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi said that terrorism in the Middle East and Western Asia is the outcome of the wrong policies adopted by the US and its regional allies over the past years.
The US, he added, has caused “erosive instability” in the region by creating Al-qaeda, Daesh and other extremist and terrorist groups.
Qassemi further said Judaism like other Abrahamic religions is respected and enjoys a lofty position in Iran based on the country’s Constitution.
“Unfortunately, what has brought notoriety to the true followers of Judaism is the inhumane and criminal actions committed by the Zionist regime. That [behavior] has tarnished the image and position of Jews in the world in the name of religion,” he said.
The official further emphasized that Iran has over the past four decades held more elections than any regional country, including close US allies.
He added that Trump’s “empty, delusional and illogical accusations” against Iran’s people and the Islamic establishment will fall short of covering up the crimes being committed against regional nations by the US and its allied dictatorships, which promote violence and extremism.