Zionist regime biggest root cause of instability, terrorism in West Asia: Spox

The FM spokesman reacted to US President Joe Biden’s recent op-ed in The Washington Post ahead of his trip to the region, in which Biden made allegations against the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Kanani said that Biden’s stress on following up economic and diplomatic pressure on Iran is contrary to the United States’ continuous display of willingness to revive the 2015 nuclear deal and that the policy is in line with the Trump administration’s failed strategy of maximum pressure on the Islamic Republic.

The former US administration withdrew from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) unilaterally, which was a big blow to the multilateral diplomatic strategy of resolving differences. Now the incumbent administration follows the same attitude of pursuing sanction and economic pressure in spite of all claims that it would return to the nuclear accord and make amends for all mistakes done by the previous administration, the spokesman noted.

Resorting to such a failed policy in dealing with the most constructive actor in the region is in contradiction to Biden’s claims in the article that his administration is seeking to create peace and security in the region, Kanani said, adding that a more stable and secure West Asia could only be achieved when the United States stops sowing discord among regional nations, halts pouring arms into the region, respects the sovereignty and territorial integrity of countries, stops unconditional support for the Zionist regime, and ends Iranophobic policy, adding that as long as the wrong policies are not corrected, the US is responsible for the insecurity in the region.

As to the uprooting of Daesh and containing terrorism in the region, the spokesman noted that comments made by the former US president and his secretary of state are in contradiction to President Biden’s claims, noting that the US cowardly assassinated Iranian Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani in a bid to help Daesh and Takfiri terrorists.

Also, the United States’ practical policy in dealing with the Palestinian cause is contrary to Biden’s claims on his country’s effort to create peace and security in the region, the Iranian official said, stating that the Zionist regime is the biggest source of insecurity and expansion of organized terrorism in West Asia and that all-out support by the US for the regime is the most apparent reason, which rules out the US administration’s claim on seeking peace.

The points written in Biden’s op-ed are a unilateral and unreal narrative of the US administration’s policies in the region, he said, urging that the American politicians would better understand the realities of the modern world and stop dictating US values, avoid unilateralism, and allow regional countries to act based on their own values, interests, and realities to guarantee collective interests and security within the framework of regional cooperation.