Larijani: Iran to Settle Account With Saudis, UAE

Date: 28 April 2019 - 21:58

News ID: ۶۵۳۴۳

TEHRAN (Dispatches) – Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani on Sunday warned that Iran will not forget the behavior of Saudi Arabia and the UAE after they supported U.S. decision to zero out Tehran’s oil exports.
"Some of the regional countries should be careful because the Iranian people do not forget their behavior during regional developments,” Larijani said here.
Over the last 40 years, the speaker said, the Islamic Republic of Iran has extended the hand of friendship to Saudi Arabia but some of its rulers seem not appreciating it.
"Some of the region’s countries should pay close heed. Apparently, some of them cannot be reasoned with. We are going to settle our account with them,” he noted.
His comments came after Saudi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Assaf voiced the kingdom’s full support for the U.S. decision to halt waivers for the customers of Iranian oil.
Larijani said the United States is seeking to fuel terrorism across the region through further interventionism and with the help of its vassal states.
There have been numerous instances of "unbridled” American meddling in the region, he said during a speech at an international conference, dubbed "the Future of the Islamic World in the Horizon of 2035”.
Larijani said the actions taken by the U.S. in cooperation with certain regional states in order to breed terrorism have created "internal complexities” in some countries and heavily damaged their economies.
Iran, however, "has never had a policy of aggression against any country on its agenda,” Larijani said.
Tehran, he added, has not even pursued a policy of reprisal against those committing such aggression against it and sought increased cooperation with those "who have realized their mistakes.”
He cited the example of Saudi Arabia, which had helped out former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein during his 1980-88 deadly war on Iran.
The support, Larijani added, was to the detriment of the kingdom itself, as a Saudi official once admitted, and saw Iraq under Saddam later launch attacks against Kuwait and parts of Saudi Arabia.
Addressing Trump, Larijani said, "We’re going to make you regret. You are cutting your own throat with your own hands. Certainly, our resilience is going to make you regretful.”
The speaker stressed that the Iranian people would stand tall as they did during the Western-backed Iraqi war and prevented the country’s occupation.