RNA - "The Americans are after the disintegration of Iraq and Syria and they have established 12 military bases there. They want to increase their influence (in the region)," Velayati said, addressing a ceremony in Tehran on Monday.
Noting that Washington also seeks to force Tehran out of the stage as the key power behind the formation of the resistance front in the region, he said that all their attempts will prove futile as Iran has formed defense lines hundreds of kilometers away from its borders.
Velayati also blasted US President Donald Trump's recent remarks against Iran and the 2015 nuclear deal, and said only the leaders of the Zionist regime and the reactionary regional regimes supported him.
In relevant remarks earlier this month, Velayati warned that Washington has increased the number of its military forces in the Northern and Northeastern parts of Syria to disintegrate the country, adding that the same policy is also pursued in Iraq.
"The growing presence of the Americans in certain parts of Syria, that is the Northern and Northeastern parts of the country, is aimed at disintegrating Syria. The same goal is also pursued in Iraq and they intend to disintegrate Iraq and their agent in the region is the Zionists," Velayati said in a meeting with Syrian Ambassador to Tehran Adnan Mahmoud last Tuesday.
Explaining that Washington and Tel Aviv are after creating a new Israel in the region, he said that they will not succeed.
"They have hatched plots to disintegrate Syria, Iraq and Lebanon but the resistance pivot stands against them and the Islamic Republic supports the regional countries' territorial integrity" and the resistance front, Velayati stressed.
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