IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER: US TURNED MIDDLE EAST INTO “GUNPOWDER DEPOT”

On March 5, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian arrived Iran to discuss the 2015 nuclear agreement with President Hassan Rouhani, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and other top officials.

However, the French diplomat immediately showed an official stance of his country accusing Teheran of “destabilizing” the Middle East hinting to the Iranian missile program as well as the country’s involvement in the conflicts in Syria, Iraq and Yemen.

The Iranian foreign minister responded saying that it is the US and its allies who are resnponsible for the current crisis in the region.

“The United States and other countries that have turned our region into a gunpowder depot by selling arms must stop such actions,” Zarif said, according to Iran’s IRNA news agency.

Zarif cointuned in his twitter account:

5 Mar

Javad Zarif

✔@JZarif

In meeting today, told France FM: EU should compel US to abide by JCPOA rather than trying to appease it by repeating its extraneous demands. To defend the nuclear agreement, mere words are not sufficient. Especially since the US is an obstacle to EU's own adherence to JCPOA. 1/3 pic.twitter.com/rIgEfJ4qyN

Javad Zarif

✔@JZarif

US & Europeans should stop pouring hundreds of billions of dollars of weapons into our region instead of questioning Iran's missiles. Not restricted by UNSC, but necessary to deter repeat of our people’s suffering when Saddam—with western support—showered us with missiles. 2/3

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Iran has deep diplomatic and military contradictions over the situation in the Middle East with the US, Israel and their European allies. The recent escalation in Syria and Yemen as well as the stance of the US administration towards the Iran nuclear deal and the country’s ballistic missile program show that these contradictions will not likely be solved in any near future.

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