23 Dec 2024


Press TV - Iran says the United States will pay the price for its plan to relocate its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem al-Quds.

President Donald Trump formally recognized Jerusalem al-Quds as Israel's "capital" on December 6 and announced plans to movethe US embassy to the occupied holy city.

"This is one of the United States' very wrong policies, for which it will pay the price in the future," Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi told reporters during a weekly news briefing in Tehran on Monday.

"With the mindlessness which we see in American decisions, there is need for serious action in the Islamic world," the official added.

Qassemi also hoped thatcalm would return to the Syrian capital andits Eastern Ghouta suburbs which are the scene of fierce government clashes with foreign-backed terrorists.

Militants have been using the countryside as a base for mortar attacks on the capital. The Syrian military is currently in the midst of an operation to drive the terroristsout of the area.

On Saturday, the United Nations Security Council unanimously voted in favor of a resolution demanding a 30-day truce in Syria "without delay" to allow aid access and medical evacuations.

Qassemi said the Islamic Republic wants a ceasefire across Syria so thathumanitarian aidcould reach civilians.

The spokesmanalso commented on Turkey's ongoing military operation in Syria's Afrin region, sayingIranian, Turkish, and Russian foreign ministers and presidents would be meetingin Mayto discuss the situation in the Arab country.

"These negotiations are instrumental in resolving differences, and will contribute to efforts aimed at restoring calm and fighting terrorism in Syria," he said.

Tehran and Ankara, Qassemi said, have shared common views onSyria at timesand differed at others."What is important is that we are cooperating" towards a resolution of the conflict in the Arab country, he added.

UK resolution against Iran at UN

Qassemi said a British resolution against Iran over the Yemen war, which is to be into a vote atthe United Nations Security Council on Monday, would be helping "invaders and aggravate the invasion."

"We do not send arms to Yemen. Such blame games are being waged by those who are fanning [the flames of] war and bloodshed in Yemen," he said.

The spokesman further said,"What is happening in Yemen is the result of arms exports by the United Kingdom and the United States to Saudi Arabia."

Iran, he said, was observing "dishonest behavior" on the part of the British government, whichis trying to use the international mechanism to support the invader despite its claims ofseeking to endthe Saudi war.

London and Washington have beenarming Saudi Arabiasince 2015 when the kingdom and its allies invaded Yemen to restore its Riyadh-allied government. Around 13,600 people have died since the invasion began.

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