Iranian Foreign Minister once again condemned the US act of terror is assassinating former Quds Force commander Lieutenant General Soleimani, noting that the terror came while Soleimani was on a peace mission in Iraq.
\n\u201cThe US targeted Lt. Gen. Soleimani while he was traveling in a civilian vehicle on a mission to promote peace in Iraq,\u201d the Iranian diplomat said in Munich Security Conference 2020 on Saturday.
\nHe noted, \u201cIran\u2019s missile attack on the US its military bases in Iraq was legitimate defense and based on Article 51 of the United Nations\u2019 Charter,\u201d adding, \u201cPeople in many countries around the world have objected to this terrorist act and, contrary to what the presenter says, they were not \u2018proxy forces\u2019 or \u2018militias\u2019.\u201d
\nAnswering the question of whether the \u201crevenge\u201d of the Islamic Republic of Iran is over, he said, \u201cNo, Iran has taken military action in response to military action.\u201d
\nIranian FM implied the role of Mike Pompeo in the assassination of Lt. Gen. Qasem Soleimani, saying that he is now trying to imitate Bolton\u2019s behavior and therefore offered the assassination of Gen. Soleimani to Trump.
\n\u201cI think President [Donald] Trump didn\u2019t have good advisers. He has been waiting for our government to collapse since withdrawing JCPOA. At that time, John Bolton was telling him that Iran would come to its knees in a few months,\u201d.<\/p>\n
US policy on Iran<\/strong> De-escalating tensions in the region<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cSome countries including, Oman, Qatar and Iraq accepted to join the Hormuz Peace Endeavour (HOPE) initiative and Iran has sent a message to Saudi Arabia and Bahrain to advance the plan and ease tensions in the region, even though it has no diplomatic relations with these countries,\u201d Iranian FM said. He went on to say, \u201cWe are ready to negotiate with all our neighbors about a security mechanism that will create security in the Persian Gulf. The Persian Gulf belongs to all of us. My message to my brothers is that the US does not provide you with security; the security does come from within the region.\u201d US\u2019 new plan for the Middle East<\/strong> Iranian Foreign Minister once again condemned the US act of terror is assassinating former Quds Force commander Lieutenant General Soleimani, noting that the terror came while Soleimani was on a…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8121,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[178],"module":[67],"ctype":[17],"blog":[186],"class_list":["post-10490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mujahedin-khalq-proxy-force","tag-pmoi-iran-people","module-news","ctype-story","blog-mehr-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10490\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10490"},{"taxonomy":"module","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/module?post=10490"},{"taxonomy":"ctype","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctype?post=10490"},{"taxonomy":"blog","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog?post=10490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nReferring to Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), known commonly as the Iran nuclear deal, Zarif said, \u201cAlthough the US had signed the agreement and had been endorsed by the United Nations Security Council, Trump has suddenly decided to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal because of the agreement reached by former President Barack Obama.\u201d
\nStating that Iran won\u2019t negotiate on JCPOA again, he said, \u201cYou don\u2019t buy a horse twice.\u201d
\nResponding to a question about the possibility of a dialogue between Iran and the US, FM Zarif said, \u201cIt does not mean that Tehran and Washington will negotiate directly, it means that the US should back to negotiating table of 5+1 which it had left it.\u201d
\n\u201cThe United States continues to pursue a policy of regime change in Iran, which has failed over the past 41 years and Washington must accept the failure of that policy,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
\nReferring to Saudi Arabia\u2019s negative behavior in response to Iran\u2019s efforts to ease tensions, the foreign minister said, \u201cAfter the assassination of Lt. Gen. Soleimani, their [Saudis] behavior moderated for several weeks, perhaps because they were concerned about our response. But after I said our answer was over, they went back to their previous behavior.\u201d
\n\u201cWe are not seeking tensions with our neighbors at all. When Iraq invaded Kuwait, we helped Kuwait, despite Kuwait\u2019s support for Iraq. When Saudi Arabia besieged Qatar, we helped Qatar. If anyone attacks Saudi Arabia today, we are ready to help them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\nZarif eventually referred to Saudi Arabia\u2019s support for the terrorist group of Mujaheddin-e Khalq Organization (MKO also known as MEK) and said, \u201cThis terrorist group, which gives $ 50,000 to John Bolton for each speech, does not receive its money on the streets and through donations, but they receive it from some individuals in Saudi Arabia.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nReferring to the \u2018Deal of the Century\u201d, Zarif said, \u201cTrump has now angered the people of the region by unveiling the so-called \u201cDeal of the Century,\u201d adding, \u201cIran will not be responsible if any violence occurs in this regard.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"