TEHRAN -- Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi says the people of Ukraine have fallen victim to the United States’ evil policies, reiterating the Islamic Republic’s opposition to war.
Raisi made the remarks in an address at a cabinet meeting, during which he touched on a host of issues, including regional developments and the ongoing military conflict in Ukraine.
“The people of Ukraine, like the people of Afghanistan, Yemen and Iraq, have fallen victim to the United States’ evil policies,” the president said.
“As declared by Leader [of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei], the Islamic Republic of Iran is definitively opposed to war and the sooner this war ends, it will be to benefit of the region and nations and it will do less harm to and cause less problems for people.”
Speaking in a televised speech on Tuesday, Ayatollah Khamenei blamed the American regime for the current Ukraine crisis, and demanded an end to the war in Ukraine, saying the Islamic Republic of Iran has always opposed war and destruction anywhere in the world.
Elsewhere in his remarks, President Raisi outlined the latest developments regarding the ongoing talks in Vienna.
Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and its negating team “are pursuing the talks with diligence, but the administration does not and will not tie any of its moves to the talks” and the revival of the nuclear deal, known by its acronym as the JCPOA, the president said.
The JCPOA does not constitute the entire foreign policy of Iran but is one of its subjects, he added.
Raisi aid the secret of his administration’s success over the last six months is that it “vigorously pursued