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Foreign Minister Zarif has exchanged views with the Algerian and Syrian top diplomats on bilateral ties as well as the latest developments in the Middle East.
Determining the fate of the missing people and the transportation of “every single body” is a priority for Iran, Deputy Foreign Minister Amir-Abdollahian said.
Foreign Minister Zarif has warned that if the crisis in the region is left unchecked, none of the members of the global community will be left unscathed.
Saudi Arabia needs to take steps toward locating the missing people and treating the injured pilgrims, an Iranian Foreign Ministry official told the Saudi diplomat.
The secretary of the Expediency Council has said that the past behavior of the Saudis toward Iran suggests that they are seeking to undermine Iran’s regional power.
Afkham has dismissed as unconstructive Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Ahmed Al-Jubeir's allegations that Iran is exploiting the Mina tragedy for political gains.
The Mina crush and its circumstances are suspicious because some of senior Iranian officials have been killed or gone missing in the incident, Ali Akbar Velayati said.
Asked about Riyadh’s possible decision to bury the dead in the Arab country, Nobakht said that the Saudis cannot do that without the official procedures or permission from the victims’ families.
President Putin called for mutual cooperation between Moscow and Tehran on the fight terrorism and restoration of regional and international security at a high level.
If we do not eradicate the roots of terrorism even if we successfully fight it in one region, it may spring back immediately in another, President Rouhani said.
Saudi officials are expected to consider serious cooperation and pay attention to their responsibility until the fate of all missing Iranian pilgrims is determined, said Amir Abdollahian.
President Rouhani has called on Riyadh to meet its international obligations and grant access for identification and return of bodies of those who were killed in the Mina tragedy.
Iran will adopt “necessary measures” to prevent the repeat of incidents such as the Mina tragedy, Foreign Minister Zarif said in a live interview with IRIB.
The MPS also called on the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to dispatch a fact-finding mission to Saudi Arabia to investigate the causes of the Mina tragedy.
The president told the Japanese PM that the nuclear agreement is an opportunity for the expansion of relations between Tehran and Tokyo in various fields such as nuclear energy.
Shamkhani said the Mina catastrophe was definitely due to the inefficiency of the Saudi government whose top priority was not the safety of the pilgrims.
