Zarif: Extremism in Mideast Big Threat to Entire World

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Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said growing extremism and sectarianism in the Middle East pose a great security threat to the whole world.

"Our region is today faced with a serious and severe danger, which is the danger of unrestrained extremism and sectarianism as a result of the wrong policies of a number of regional players," Zarif told a Monday gathering of Iranian ambassadors, governors-general and economic officials in the capital, Tehran.

Furthermore, Zarif highlighted the importance of drawing on the situation created following the conclusion of a nuclear agreement between Tehran and the P5+1 group to advance the policies associated with the "resistance economy," develop the country, and help improve people's livelihood.

He also urged further cooperation between ambassadors and governors-general to achieve the goals.

"The JCPOA and the post-JCPOA atmosphere are opportunities we can use to advance our objectives," Iran's top diplomat said.

Iran and the P5+1 group of countries - the United States, Britain, France, China and Russia plus Germany - finalized the text of the agreement, dubbed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action [JCPOA], in the Austrian capital of Vienna on July 14.

Under the JCPOA, limits are put on Iran's nuclear activities in exchange for a set of commitments by the P5+1, including the removal of all nuclear-related economic and financial bans against the Islamic Republic.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team