Iran slams Saudi FM allegations of terror support

Iran has rejected the Saudi foreign minister’s baseless accusation that Tehran “backs terrorism,” saying the ringleaders of terror groups such as al-Qaeda and Daesh are in fact guided by Takfiri Wahhabism preached in the kingdom.

Bahram Qassemi, the spokesman of the Foreign Ministry, was reacting on Thursday to recent remarks by Adel al-Jubeir, who rehashed the claim that Tehran is supporting the al-Qaeda terror network and terrorism, in general. Press TV reported.

The official said Jubeir’s “ridiculous and repetitious” allegations come while senior figures of such terror groups as Taliban, al-Qaeda and Daesh, which are wreaking havoc and slaughtering people, are either Saudi citizens or influenced by the extremist Wahhabi ideology dominant in the kingdom.

“This is a bitter reality to which the entire world and the conscience of all humankind are gradually waking up,” Qassemi added.

The Iranian official added that the Aal-e Saud regime keeps accusing others of meddling in the domestic affairs of their neighbors, while Riyadh, itself, has long been waging a “cruel, destructive and sinister” war against innocent civilians in Yemen.

In July, Qassemi slammed the Saudi regime as “the founding father” of terror groups like al-Qaeda and Daesh in response to Jubeir, who had accused the Islamic Republic of supporting terrorism back then.

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