IRNA � Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif referred to American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) green light to lawmakers to criticize Israeli annexation, saying it's time to end apartheid Israel�s tyranny over Western halls of power.

�If there were ever any question of WHO dictates US�& Western�policy in the Mid East, this headline screams it loud & clear,� Mohammad Javad Zarif wrote on his Twitter account on Thursday.

�#AIPAC has poisoned US politics for years, overtly giving instructions to Congress,� he added.

�Time to end #APARTHEID Israel's tyranny over Western halls of power," Iranian top diplomat reiterated.

The UK-based newspaper Jewish News on Wednesday reported: �The leading pro-Israel lobby in the United States is telling lawmakers that they are free to criticize Israel�s looming annexation plans � just as long as the criticism stops there.�

�So far, the group has remained publicly silent. But in private, AIPAC is telling lawmakers that as long as they don�t push to limit the United States� aid to Israel, they can criticize the annexation plan without risking future support from the lobby group,� it added.