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“Today we are witnessing that the world is heeding this axis,” referred Ali Akbar Velayati to the alliance formed between Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Palestine. “These countries won over the 70 countries allied to topple the Syrian government.”
The top aid of Ayatollah Khamenei made the remarks at the headquarters of the Islamic Azad University in Tehran.
Velayati highlighted that during the years of Saddam’s war against Iran, Syria and Yemen provided help, which foiled plots aimed at starting a war between the Arabs and the Persians.
The veteran diplomat and senior official recounted that Netanyahu had asked Europe to strike Iran’s nuclear centers with the logic that if Israel attacked Iran, Hezbollah would ‘flaten the land of Israel’.
“One day John Kerry told Mr. Zarif that Iran had been arming Iraq and Mr. Zarif replied that if we had not helped the Iraqi government, you would be having a phone conversation with ISIL in Baghdad instead of what you are doing now in Mosul,” quoted Mr. Velayati after saying that Iraq is a loyal ally of Iran while the US has paid $4 trillion and 4000 American lives in Iraq.
Source: Mehr News Agency, Edited by Website Team
