Iran Slams ‘Bogus’ Claims Made at Manama Forum

Date: 24 November 2019 - 21:39

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TEHRAN (Dispatches) -- Iran on Sunday dismissed "baseless and bogus” allegations leveled against Tehran at a session of the IISS Manama Dialogue 2019 in Bahrain.
"The very countries that spawn and promote terrorism and extremism and have interfered in the internal affairs of others by violating the principle of good neighborliness, and those who have weakened regional security by inviting the alien forces, cannot put the blame on others and attribute their self-created problems to the Islamic Republic of Iran," Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said.
"The military aggression led by Saudi Arabia against Yemen, the slaughter of tens of thousands of innocent women and children, the destruction of the country's infrastructure, resorting to colonialist behavior in an attempt to topple legitimate governments and installing puppet regimes will not be cleared from the historical memory of the public in the region and the world," he added.
The Iranian spokesman called on these countries to abandon their illusions, accept realities, promote dialog and boost collective cooperation to ensure stability, security and progress in the region.
Speaking at the second plenary session of the IISS Manama Dialogue 2019, Saudi State Minister for Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir accused Iran of treading the path of darkness, death and destruction.
He also blamed Yemen's attack on Saudi Arabia's Aramco oil processing plants in September on Iran and claimed that Riyadh does not "want war, but Iran needs to be held accountable."
The United Arab Emirates' Minister of State of Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash also accused Iran of interfering in the affairs of other countries.