Ministry Rejects Arab League’s ‘Iranophobic’ Claims

Date: 14 September 2018 - 21:27

News ID: ۵۷۳۸۳

TEHRAN (Dispatches) -- Iran says the Arab Ministerial Quartet Committee’s recent accusations are in line with "Iranophobic” plots aimed at diverting global attention from the real supporters of war and terrorism in the region.
The Arab Ministerial Quartet Committee, which met in Cairo on the sidelines of an Arab League meeting, on Tuesday accused Iran of meddling in the internal affairs of Arab countries and supporting and arming terrorist groups in the region.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qasemi said the accusations on the anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks, in which several citizens of the committee’s member states took part, is part of "a blame game and a futile attempt to deflect the world and the global public opinion from warmongering and their years-long support for terrorism and terrorist groups.”
"Members of the committee have issued such a statement while the consequences of their devastating war in Yemen have led to an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe in the present history, and besides razing the infrastructure of the country it has caused famine, sickness, displacement and poverty of millions of innocent people,” Qasemi added.
Iran has always stood by regional countries in hard times when requested, he added.
"In our opinion, the allegations in this statement do more than anything stem from illusions and Iranophobic policies dictated to these countries, and they are groundless and lack any concrete or real evidence,” he said.
Qasemir urged the Arab committee to respond to Iran's initiatives for dialogue and cooperation in the region to resolve the problems instead of following Iranophobia policies.