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Friday, October 17, 2014
Saudi regime source of all Mideast problems: Top Iran cleric

Saudi regime source of all Mideast problems: Top Iran cleric
PRESSTV (Iran) Fri Oct 17, 2014 1:56PM GMT
http://presstv.com/detail/2014/10/17/382586/ksa-source-of-all-mideast-problems/

A senior Iranian cleric has dismissed as “false” recent allegations by the
Saudi foreign minister that Iran meddles in the internal affairs of regional
countries, saying the Persian Gulf monarchy is the source of all problems as
it sponsors terrorists in the region.

Addressing worshippers at the weekly Friday Prayers in the Iranian capital,
Tehran, Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami expressed surprise over the allegation by
Saud al-Faisal, saying the Saudi regime is attempting to shift the blame for
fueling tension in the Middle East to Iran.

He went on to ask, “Doesn’t everybody know that your petrodollars created
the ISIL? To whom is it unknown that every act of terror in the Islamic
world is carried out with your petrodollars?”

Addressing the Saudi officials, the cleric added, “If you want to know the
truth, it is that you are not part of the problem but the whole problem [in
the Middle East].”

“Of course, we totally understand why you are upset,” Khatami said, noting
that Saudi Arabia has spent billions of dollars to topple the Syrian
government and to achieve its objectives in Iraq but all its plots have
failed.

Speaking in a joint press conference with his German counterpart,
Frank-Walter Steinmeier, in the Saudi city of Jeddah on Monday, Faisal
claimed Iran was “part of the problem, not the solution" in the Middle East,
alleging that Tehran “cannot play any role in the region” if its policies
remain unchanged.

The Saudi foreign minister also accused Iran of having “occupying forces” in
Syria despite the fact that Iran has firmly dismissed reports about its
military involvement in Syria and Iraq, stressing that Tehran’s support for
the two Arab nations is in the form of humanitarian aid and military
consultation.

The allegations against Iran come as the Iraqi and Syrian authorities have
repeatedly criticized Riyadh and its Persian Gulf Arab allies for fomenting
terrorism in their countries.

Saudi Arabia and other Persian Gulf kingdoms are widely known as being the
major sponsors of Takfiri terrorist groups, including ISIL and al-Nusra
Front, which are operating in Iraq and Syria.

AR/HMV/SS

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