Al Monitor | Mohammad Ersan: Iranian Ambassador to Jordan Mojtaba Ferdosipour�has chosen the map of Palestine as a centerpiece for his office, along with a Dome of the Rock miniature.�In an interview with Al-Monitor, Ferdosipour said�he believes Palestine represents a compass for regional issues, all of which should�point toward��one enemy, Israel.��


�Yet,� Ferdosipour said,��this compass has lost its bearings�in recent years, after Arab governments replaced Israel with Iran as their enemy.��He also asserted that many Arab peoples do not agree with�their leaders in terms of discarding this compass and normalizing relations with Israel.

Iran �does not want to take control of the Arab capitals,� he said, dismissing the Nov. 19�Arab League�foreign ministers�meeting, which�concluded that Iran's missiles are threatening Arab capitals. The Arab League conclusion was in response to�the Houthis launching�ballistic missiles�at Riyadh on Nov. 4.�Ferdosipour denied allegations that�Iran was supporting Houthis in Sanaa and supplying them with missiles, but on the other hand�said Iran is proud of its support for Lebanese Hezbollah in confronting Israel.

Ferdosipour previously served as�director of the�Foreign Ministry's�Middle East Department�and as�charge d'affaires in Amman. He also�served in the latter capacity�in Beirut prior to�assuming his current post, in August 2014.

The ambassador said that�rumors about his mandate�coming to an end were simply that, adding that the Council of Ministers needs to approve any extension of his mandate.

 

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