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Saudi Foreign Minister: Iran regime cannot escape the evidence of its aggression

NCRI – At an event about terrorism organized by the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Brussels, on 21 July, Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir responded to a statement from the Iranian regime’s General Consul. Al- Jubeir pointed out the role of the mullahs’ regime in acts of international terrorism.

Parts of his remarks which were aired by Al-Arabiya are as follows:

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vu_dsT0HeZM

 
The Honourable Consul from Iran did not say anything that is based in fact.

Doesn’t the Iranian constitution say “export the revolution”? Didn’t Iran create Hezbollah? Didn’t Iran attack more than a dozen embassies in Iran in violation of all international laws? We didn’t attack them. Iran did.

Didn’t Iran manage, plan and execute the 1996 Khobar Towers attack against the American marines? Yes, they did. The control officer was Brigadier-General Sharifi, your military attaché in Bahrain. The bomb maker was Hezbollah. The explosives came from the Bekaa Valley. The top three leaders of the plot escaped and have been living in Iran ever since. Isn’t that sheltering terrorists? One of them was captured last year in Lebanon with an Iranian passport, not a Saudi passport, even though he’s a Saudi citizen. Isn’t that aiding and abetting terrorists? We didn’t make this up.

The order to blow up three housing compounds in Riyadh in 2003 was made by Al Qaeda’s chief of operations while he was in Iran. We have the phone conversation on tape. We didn’t make this up.

Ronald Reagan used to say that facts are stubborn things. You can’t get around the fact that Hezbollah is a terrorist organisation. Attacking embassies is very clear – they don’t just blow themselves up. Somebody does it. Diplomats don’t commit suicide by shooting themselves three times. Somebody is responsible.

Iranian agents have been linked to terrorist attacks in Europe and South America. We didn’t make this up.

This is the world. This is evidence.

We wish and hope that Iran, a great nation, can be a great neighbour to us but it takes two to tango. It takes willingness to give up this expansionist, aggressive policy and return to international norms of behaviour if you want people to deal with you. And our hand is extended to Iran and has been for 35 years. But what we get in return is diplomats killed, embassies blown up, terrorists. We have Iranian agents captured in Saudi Arabia for plotting terrorist attacks. We stopped four shipments of weapons that Iran was trying to smuggle to the Houthis in Yemen. We have explosives that Iran was trying to smuggle into Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait.

This is not fiction and this is not child’s play. This is aggressive behaviour. This is unacceptable behaviour. This is behaviour which violates all norms of international behaviour and international law. That’s why Iran is designated as a state sponsor of terrorism and that’s why Iran is sanctioned for support of terrorism – not by us, but by the international community.

So, could it be that the whole world is wrong and Iran is right? Could it be that international law which says peaceful relations and non-interference in the affairs of others is wrong and Iran’s approach of aggressively pursuing your objective irrespective of how you do it is correct? I don’t think so.

So, if you want a Saudi official to not be critical of Iran, behave in a way that doesn’t expose you to criticism. And, so far, your history has been one of death and destruction, disregard for international law and disregard for principles that have existed since the advent of nations, which is good neighbourliness and non-interference in the affairs of others.