Zarif: Blaming Iran won’t undo hatred in region towards US, clients
Tehran (KNA) - Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says attempts by the US and its clients to portray Iran as a “threat” will not help them get rid of their unpopularity among people in the region, which he described as the real cause of their safety concerns.
"If US and clients don't feel safe, it's because they're despised by the people of the region- blaming Iran won't reverse that," Zarif tweeted on Tuesday.
Citing such alleged sense of insecurity, the United States said last week that it had dispatched an aircraft carrier strike group and a bomber task force to the Middle East in a "message" to Iran.
The US National Security Advisor John Bolton "announced" the deployment on Sunday and said that the measure was an alleged response "to a number of troubling and escalatory indications and warnings."
A day later, Patrick Shanahan, the acting US defense secretary, confirmed the remarks, saying in a number of tweets that the move "represents a prudent repositioning of assets in response to indications of a credible threat by Iranian regime forces."
Source: PressTV