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Tehran’s adversaries wanted to trigger a "terrorist war" in the country, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian claimed | Tehran’s adversaries wanted to trigger a "terrorist war" in the country, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian claimed |
A plot that sought to spark a civil war in Iran and lead to its disintegration has failed, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said on Wednesday, claiming that recent violent riots were fueled by American and Israeli weapons. | A plot that sought to spark a civil war in Iran and lead to its disintegration has failed, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said on Wednesday, claiming that recent violent riots were fueled by American and Israeli weapons. |
Abdollahian told a press conference on Wednesday that Tehran had gathered documents proving that Iran’s adversaries wanted to trigger a ‘terrorist war’ with the final goal of dividing Iran. These efforts, however, were thwarted, he said. | |
The minister also suggested that the recent anti-government riots were fomented by foreign states. According to Abdollahian, these nations were deceiving young Iranians while arming "terrorists in the neighboring Iraqi Kurdistan region." | |
Apart from that, over the past eight weeks, Iran has detected a massive rise in foreign interference in the country, the minister said, adding that 76 "terrorist and anti-Iranian centers" emerged in Iraq’s Kurdistan Region, which borders Iran. In the meantime, according to the official, American and Israeli weapons were being smuggled into Iran. | |
"Our friends in Iraq made a commitment to sweep those terrorist groups away and disarm them in a definite span of time," he noted, signaling that Iran’s strikes on targets in Iraq will continue as long as they are regarded as a threat. | "Our friends in Iraq made a commitment to sweep those terrorist groups away and disarm them in a definite span of time," he noted, signaling that Iran’s strikes on targets in Iraq will continue as long as they are regarded as a threat. |
For months now, Iran has seen violent protests that erupted over the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman who was arrested by Iran’s morality police over an "improper" hijab in September and died hours later. While the Iranian authorities claim that she died of a pre-existing medical condition, Amini’s family insists she was beaten to death while in custody. | For months now, Iran has seen violent protests that erupted over the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman who was arrested by Iran’s morality police over an "improper" hijab in September and died hours later. While the Iranian authorities claim that she died of a pre-existing medical condition, Amini’s family insists she was beaten to death while in custody. |
Abdollahian’s comments come after Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi accused the US earlier this month of trying to destabilize Iran by encouraging unrest in the guise of legitimate protests, taking a page from the playbook Washington used in Libya and Syria, two countries that were plunged into civil wars. |
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