Mottaki: US responsible for massacre of Iranian pilgrims in Iraq
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Tehran, April 26, IRNA -- Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Sunday that the US should be accountable for the recent terrorist act against Iranian pilgrims in Iraq which claimed lives of many innocent civilians.
Mottaki made the remark in a meeting with Washington’s Friday Prayer Leader Fassil Raoof in Tehran on Sunday.
The US is responsible for maintaining Iraq’s security prior to nationwide elections in the country, he said.
According to the Information and Press Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mottaki said that the US has two options in dealing with global developments.
“The first option is to proceeed with the wrong policies of the Bush administration whose fate is clear and the second option is to bring about real changes, accept realities of the world and adopt new policies based on these undeniable facts,” he said.
Raoof, for his part, said that Islam has now been accepted as a reality in the American society and despite Zionists' efforts to offer an unreal image of Islam in the wake of the September 11 events, we are now witnessing more and more people converting to Islam.”
Underlining the significant status of Iran in the American Muslim comunity and world Muslims, he said Iran’s policy is base on genuine Islam and is admired by world Muslims.
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End News / IRNA / News Code 455253
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