Tehran: US Has Turned Neighboring Countries into Hubs of Insecurity against Iran

By Staff, Agencies

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh warned the US against certain measures and movements and said the US administration has changed neighboring countries into bases of insecurity against Iran.

Khatibzadeh made the remark in his Monday morning virtual press briefing where he said Iran has once and again asked its friendly neighbors to fulfill their responsibilities in face of aggressive measures of the White House regime.

“Iran never doubts its right to the legitimate defense which has bestowed to countries by the United Nations Charter,” the spokesman said, voicing Iran’s condemnation of any kind of attacks to diplomatic missions and residential units and stressing that Tehran never seeks tension but intends to simply defend its national interests with all might.

Pointing out that the Iranian diplomatic missions in Iraq had earlier been attacked, Khatibzadeh voiced Tehran’s rejection and deploring of Trump and Pompeo’s comments.

“Iran has already made it clear that the responsibility of any kind of such acts will fall on the US,” he added.

Khatibzadeh went on to say that during the recent informal Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action [JCPOA] meeting, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif stressed that Europe played US partner in pulling out of Iran nuclear deal.

He then noted that the volume of Iran trade with Europe in three junctures, namely before the JCPOA and its implementation as well as when they failed to comply with their commitments, indicates European parties' responsibilities.

It was said that this is the last chance for Europe to preserve JCPOA, he noted.

“Iran has underlined that it will reverse all five steps if other parties effectively abide by their commitments,” the spokesman underscored.

Elsewhere in his remarks, the spokesman described the Islamic Revolution Guard [IRG] great commander martyr Lieutenant-General Qassem Soleimani as one of the pillars of regional balance and the most peace-loving military top official in the region.

Commenting on recent remarks made by Adil Abdul-Mahdi with regard to General Soleimani's last visit to Iraq and his assassination, Khatibzadeh said the martyr's legacy is the defeat of Daesh [the Arabic acronym for terrorist ‘ISIS/ISIL’ group] and Wahhabism who created violent images in the region.

He noted that the Iranian Foreign Ministry has so far submitted five official letters to the United Nations Security Council to pursue General Soleimani's martyrdom.

General Soleimani was not only a commander of IRG Quds forces, but he was one of the pillars of regional balance and a peace-seeker figure in the region, Khatibzadeh said adding that he had close relations with leaders of the regional states.