“The US president is hand in hand with the supporters of terrorism, human rights victimized in the dances of swords… US raises allegations against Iran to ‘milk’ Saudi Arabia, according to Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.”
Following
Zarif’s undiplomatic and unprofessional remarks, Amir Abdullahian — an adviser
to Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani and known to be close with Supreme
Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei — provided a different perspective.
“First
of all, they intend to strike a blow to the axis of resistance (read Iran’s coalition) in the region,” he said in remarks
aired by IRIB TV. “This is a very important
entity in the region as it has provided Iran’s utmost national security and
interests.”
“This is the initiative pursue by the
Saudis following the election of Mr. Trump,” Abdullahian continued. “In
response to the existing Saudi Arabia, with a group of warmongering extremists
at the helm, we must react with wisdom, power and force. We don’t consider
Saudi Arabia as a strategic enemy. No. The Saudis lack such a capacity.”
While
this senior Iranian official resorted to such claims in an effort mainly aimed
at maintaining a straight face in the wake of continuous setbacks suffered by
the regime, the semi-official Fars news agency, known as the Islamic
Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) mouthpiece, shed light on the regime’s true
concerns over Trump’s visit to Riyadh.
“The
editor-in-chief of the Kayhan daily
described recent remarks made by [Iranian President Hassan] Rouhani against
various entities inside the Iranian government as fuel to provoke the US and
the sheikhs of various Arab countries,” the piece reads.
“Mr. Rouhani’s government, in its first day back in office has returned the
shadows of war over our nation.”
“Despite
Rouhani boasting of distancing the shadows of war from our country, the Riyadh
conference, focusing on establishing an Arab NATO and sales of $110 billion in
military equipment underscore how the weak actions of [Rouhani’s] cabinet not
only emboldened the US to take aggressive actions against our country, even
small Arab countries have reached the point of openly speaking of establishing
an Arab NATO to launch a military confrontation against Iran,” the Fars piece continued.
As
all elements of the Iranian regime are evaluating how to analyze and respond to
the consequences of Trump’s visit to the region, the
voice of the Iranian opposition welcomed the recent developments.
Maryam Rajavi — president
of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), a coalition
of Iranian dissident groups leading the struggle to bring about regime change
in Iran — hailed the positions adopted at the
Arab-Islamic-American Summit in the face of Iran’s actions.
For nearly four decades Tehran’s
measures have robbed the region, and the world over, of quiet and
stability. It is time to take firm action against Iran’s terrorism and
fundamentalism endeavors, its dangerous ballistic missile program and its
meddling in the affairs of others. Steps similar to those embraced in the
Riyadh conference are what are needed to bring a final end to terrorism, war
and bloodshed, and establish peace and harmony. The recent tragic bombing in
Manchester leading to the loss of too many more innocent lives was yet another
reminder of the utter importance of this.
While
condemning Iran’s actions and crimes is a constant necessity, practical
measures, and more specifically, ending all diplomatic relations with the
mullahs, expelling this regime’s delegations from international organizations,
blacklisting the notorious IRGC and other
military/paramilitary/security entities associated with the government, are
necessary follow-ups.
Iran’s
human rights violations and the 1988 massacre of over 30,000 political prisoners,
mostly members and supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK), have gone
ignored for far too long. This horrific dossier deserves immediate referral to
the United Nations Security Council and The Hague to bring all affiliated
Iranian regime officials to justice.
President Trump correctly described
the Iranian people as the first victims of the mullahs’ regime. King Salman of
Saudi Arabia, while delivering his respects to the Iranian nation, emphasized
that ever since late regime founder Ruhollah Khomeini’s rise to power the
mullahs have become the spearhead force behind global terrorism.
The
ultimate solution for the current crisis engulfing the entire Middle
East is regime change in Iran, carried out by the Iranian people and their
organized resistance, symbolized by the NCRI.
Freedom and returning sovereignty to
the Iranian people by ending the mullahs’ rule is the desire of all Iranians.
Recognizing this nation’s true demand is essential to establishing peace and
tranquility in the region, and indispensable to international security.
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