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Iran's reaction to US Vice President's false accusations

ISNA - Iranian Students' News Agency

Wed / 24 January 2018 / 13:49

Tehran (ISNA) – Iranian foreign ministry spokesman dismissed the false accusations leveled against Iran by US Vice President Mike Pence.

In a statement on Wednesday, Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi said, "Iranian nation has, for decades, tasted the US-style relationship and friendship which have been coupled with different types of malignancy and unjust moves".

"These moves include coup, plots to overthrow the national and legal government, capitulation, supporting for dictators, backing for Saddam in attacking the Iranian territory and using chemical weapons against defenseless people in some Iranian cities, shooting down an Iranian passenger plane over the Persian Gulf and conferring a medal of honour upon the commander of the American warship which attacked the civilian aircraft, calling Iranians a terrorist nation, imposing unfair sanctions on Iran for years, using a fabricated name to refer to 'Persian Gulf,' sabotaging efforts and seeking unwarranted and irrelevant pretexts in fulfilling their commitments under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and trying to prevent the Iranian nation from benefiting from the advantages of this international deal," he added.

"Despite the US official's deceitful and unfair comments, Iran has never sought nuclear weapons and the JCPOA truly enlightened world countries and people about the lies that Washington has been telling for years," the spokesman went on to say.

"The US official was expected to have found out by now that Iran's role in fighting terrorism and standing by the Iraqi and Syrian governments and nations was the key element that thwarted the plot hatched by some transregional countries and their regional allies with the help of extremist violent terrorists against the people and independent governments in this region," Qassemi said.

"Washington's relentless and futile attempts to fabricate false threats in the Persian Gulf and the Middle East are merely aimed at destabilizing the region to serve the Israeli regime's wicked and long-term objectives, keeping Muslim nations from remaining united against Tel Aviv, and securing their own illegitimate economic interests by selling huge amounts of weaponry to regional countries" he insisted.

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