19 Apr 2024
Wednesday 5 August 2015 - 10:37
Story Code : 174796

US, Saudis increasing regional interference: Top Iran official

The United Statesand some"reactionary" countries in the Middle East such asSaudi Arabiaare trying "to increase their interference in regional affairs, a senior Iranian official says.

Ali Akbar Velayati, a top adviser to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei,made the remarks on the sidelines of a meeting with Serbia's Foreign MinisterIvica Dacicin Tehran, IRIB reported on Tuesday.

The Islamic Republic of Iran stillsupports its regional alliessuch as the legal governments in Iraq and Syria, the Islamic resistanceand the legal government in Lebanon, and the fighters for the Yemeni people, he said.

One of the very odd things the Americans do in the region is to bring a group a terrorists from various countries and train them in Syrias neighboring countries, he said adding that these terrorists do nothing exceptkilling the oppressed people of Syria, Iraq and Yemen, the Senior Iranian official stated.

He also tolda Press TV correspondent the "Iranis against any kind of foreign intervention in internal affairs of Syria, Iraq, Lebanon and Yemen, adding thatthe US and its allies want to impose their will on the governments of these countries.

Hundreds of thousands of people have been killed inSyria and Iraq due to adeadly crisis created by foreign backed ISIL Takfiri militants since the past years, while relentless Saudi air raids against Yemen have left thousands of people dead in theimpoverishedArab country since late March.

By Perss TV
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