Riyadh must stop serving Israel, start respecting neighbors: Iranian official

Special Aide to Iran’s Parliament Speaker in International Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has hit out at the anti-Tehran accusations leveled by Saudi King Salman, saying Riyadh had better stop serving the illegal Zionist entity and start respecting its neighbors.

According to Press TV, he said the king of Saudi Arabia, which has invaded Yemen and stood by American-backed Daesh terrorists in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Yemen, has no right to level any charges against the Islamic Republic of Iran.

“Riyadh had better stop serving the Israeli regime, and start respecting its neighbors. Iran has always been the main supporter of peace and security of neighbors and the region,” he said in a tweet.

In comments in September, Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman had stated that successive political and military defeats in Yemen have plunged the kingdom into a “state of delirium.”

At the time, Saeed Khatibzadeh highlighted the Saudi regime’s atrocities and civilian massacre in Yemen, saying the Saudis are engaging in a blame game to “escape responsibility for their own war crimes against Yemeni women and children.”

“As the birthplace and origin of the ideas of Takfiri terrorist groups and as the main financial and logistical supporter of terrorism in the region, Saudi Arabia has, for many years, been pursuing a policy of blame games and distorting the realities to escape accountability for its crimes,” Khatibzadeh said.

“The Saudi regime’s support for and alignment with the United States in keeping up the failed policy of ‘maximum pressure’ against Iran as well as [the kingdom’s] attempts to expand relations with the occupying Zionist regime and [paying] billions of dollars in bribe money to others from the pockets of the people of the country, has not only failed to bring results for them, but has turned Saudi Arabia into a humiliated entity among the Arab states.”

He also noted that the Islamic Republic, in line with its responsible regional approach, has repeatedly warned the world about “the Saudis’ miscalculations — which have inflicted heavy costs on the region — and still stresses its principled policy of strengthening diplomatic and dialog-based processes in the region and developing relations with all its neighbors.”

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