Middle East

Arab League Must Stop Saudi Support for Terrorists: Iran

Iran says the Arab League must urge Saudi Arabia to put an end to its killing of civilians in Syria, Iraq, Yemen and Bahrain and supporting terrorist groups founded and nurtured by the Saudi regime itself.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi on Friday expressed astonishment at the “biased and unjust” statement issued at the end of an extraordinary consultative meeting held by the council of Arab League foreign ministers in Cairo on Thursday.

He added that “one-sided and bigoted” support of the Arab League leaders and its foreign ministerial council for some members of the body over recent years has failed to help settle crises and misunderstandings among regional countries and the league’s members.

The Iranian spokesperson emphasized that such biased approaches have rather caused more instability, insecurity and chaos across the region, and led to Saudi Arabia’s “more blatant and shameful” killing of innocent people in some Arab countries.

He said the Islamic Republic advises the Arab ministerial council to think wisely and understand the reality on the ground.

The continuation of the current trend and supporting Saudi Arabia “can plague these countries themselves with Riyadh’s destabilizing policies in a short time,” Qassemi pointed out.

He added that those injured in a deadly crush during last year’s Hajj rituals in Mina, near the holy city of Mecca, and the families of the victims expect the Saudi government to be held accountable for the tragedy and reveal the facts about last year’s crush and other deadly incidents taking place every year during the Hajj rituals.

Qassemi made the comments in reaction to the Arab foreign ministers’ condemnation of the recent statements by Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei against Saudi Arabia.

In his message to Hajj pilgrims on September 5, the Leader said, “Those who have reduced the Hajj to a mere pilgrimage-tourism trip and have hidden their enmity and grudge against the faithful and the revolutionary nation of Iran under the title of the “politicization of the Hajj” are puny and belittled devils, who shudder as soon as the ambitions of the Great Satan, America, are put in jeopardy.”

The Leader urged the Muslim world to know the Saudi rulers and truly realize the reality of their unfaithful and materialistic nature, saying they “must think of a fundamental solution for the management of the Two Holy Mosques and the issue of Hajj.”

IFP Media Wire

Reports and views published in the Media Wire section have been retrieved from other news agencies and websites, and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Iran Front Page (IFP) news website. The IFP may change the headlines of the reports in a bid to make them compatible with its own style of covering Iran News, and does not make any changes to the content. The source and URL of all reports and news stories are mentioned at the bottom of each article.

Recent Posts

President Pezeshkian emphasizes need for improved foreign relations

In a consultative meeting on foreign policy, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian stressed that to achieve…

2 hours ago

Qatar’s Emir orders cabinet reshuffle

Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has appointed six new ministers in a…

3 hours ago

Netanyahu plans to push for West Bank annexation when Trump takes office

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu plans to push for annexing the occupied West Bank when…

3 hours ago

Aid groups say Israel missed US deadline to enhance humanitarian help for Gaza

Israel has failed to meet United States demands to allow greater humanitarian access to the…

3 hours ago

Putin hopes to recapture lost territory in Kursk before Trump’s inauguration: Report

NATO allies believe that Russian President Vladimir Putin is aiming to recapture territory lost to…

8 hours ago

Iran does not rule out direct talks with US, advises Trump to avoid past mistakes

The Iranian government spokeswoman has not ruled out direct Iran-US talks under the new US…

9 hours ago