Photo shows US sailors directing F/A-18E Super Hornets attached to the Fighting Black Lions of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 213 on August 1, 2014 in the Persian Gulf.[/caption]The Iranian Majlis speaker says the sudden decision by the US to militarily intervene in Iraq after its inaction regarding the massacres in the Arab country and its Western neighbor, Syria, shows Washington's duplicitous and double standard policies.
"[US President Barack] Obama has becomeconcernedabout the Kurds while many Christians, Sunni Muslims, Druze and Alawiteswerekilled in Syria, but they(US officials) remained silent, Ali Larijani said at a gathering in Tehran of Iranian ambassadors and envoys on Tuesday.
The Iranian officialsaid the US also refused to take any action in Iraqdespitethe killing of a great number ofSunnis, Kurds, and Izadissince the breakout of the crisis in the Arab country.
"Now, all of a sudden they have become conscious. This shows that they (US officials) have adopted a double standard and tactical approach toward thisissue and this is wrong."
Violence escalatedin Iraq when ISIL Takfiri militants took control of Mosul on June 10 northwest of the capital, Baghdad.
Obama authorized on Thursday the use of airstrikes to prevent the advance of ISIL terrorists in Iraq in northern Kurdish areas and to protect American personnel and interests inside the country.
Larijani further expressed hope that political stability would return to Iraq following theappointmentof Haider al-Abadi as the countrys new prime minister.
On Monday, Iraqs new President Fouad Massoum appointed the deputy parliament speaker Abadi to form the new government.
In a televised address, Massoum gave Abadi 30 days to form the next government and present it to parliament for approval.
By Press TV
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