Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Bahram Ghasemi warned on Monday Saudi Arabia of Saddam’s ultimate inglorious fate awaiting its rulers.
Speaking in his weekly press conference in Tehran, Ghasemi tackled Mina incident of 2015 hajj rituals.
Answering a question whether Iranian officials had addressed the issue in New York, he said: “We have severed relations with Saudi Arabia; so, only in international community would we voice our objections to the kingdom’s stark indifference and callousness about the fate of innocent hajj pilgrims.”
“Mina had not been of a significance in the UNGA addresses, however, we advanced the issue in bilateral meetings with different envoys on the sidelines,” he told reporters.
Ghasemi downplayed the possibility of an ultimate result should Saudi brings the case of Iran’s interference in Yemen to the UN as official complaint.
“In Yemen, they [Saudis] had been trespassing the international borders of a sovereign nation, killing the innocent people, with crimes still ongoing; the act would be viewed as mere shifting the blame from themselves in Yemen to find a way to justify their debacle in the country as leader of a coalition which has not achieved anything concrete in southern neighbor. We believe countries are wise enough not to be trapped by Saudi drastic measures,” he said.
“Saudi rulers should see the prospects of worsening of the situation in the kingdom and inevitable popular unrest which would topple the government, a situation very similar to what happened to Saddam Hussein of Baathist Iraq. The history would teach lessons, but Saudi rulers should also learn,” he added.
On Saudi discontent on the Iran-Egypt recent meetings, Ghasemi said that the meeting was in line with Iran’s general line of foreign policy which cherishes regular contacts with the countries in the region to address developments and possible cooperation.
“Saudis had been in the same vein as before in systematically thinking evil of Iran and trying misguidedly to counteract Iran’s influence. We see the reaction natural and inherent in the mindset of the kingdom as its rulers had been intransigent in their irresponsible conduct,” he said.
Regarding the US Congress approval on the right of September 11 victims to file complaints for damages against Saudi Arabia, and Obama’s veto against them, Ghasemi highlighted that the move may seem natural because the US history in the region and the world is clear despite the 28-page Congress report which emphasizes the major Saudi role in September 11 attacks and in the subsequent terrorist attacks in Europe and the world.
“Therefore, it is natural to use the veto to maintain a minimum of relations with the US administration, regarding the huge Saudi spending.”
Source: Al-Manar Website
