Iran's Judiciary Chief Blasts S. Arabia for Supporting Terrorism Financially, Intellectually

Rasa - Iran's Judiciary Chief Sadeq Amoli Larijani lashed out at Saudi Arabia for its secret ties with Israel and supporting the terrorist groups financially and intellectually.

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Date: 15 May 2017 - 22:17

RNA - "Saudi Arabia, as the representative of Wahhabi thoughts, is promoting violence inside and outside its borders and supporting terrorists financially and intellectually," Amoli Larijani said, addressing a weekly meeting of high-ranking judiciary officials in Tehran on Monday.

He also lambasted Riyadh for its secret relations with Tel Aviv.

Amoli Larijani referred to the US bid to sell $100bln worth of weapons and military tools to Saudi Arabia, and said this project is aimed at exerting more pressures on Shiites and the West's further control over the Islamic world.

In relevant remarks last May, Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan lashed out at the Riyadh government for supporting the terrorist groups in Syria and Iraq.

"Some countries led by Saudi Arabia and its corrupt system are directing terrorist currents in the region to meet the demands of the US and Israel," General Dehqan said, addressing a conference in Tehran.

He pointed to the Saudi regime's support for the terrorist groups in Syria, and warned, "Daesh (the ISIL) and the Al-Nusra Front as well as other terrorist groups are trying to portray a tainted image of Islam."

Also in 2016, General Dehqan warned the world states of the threat imposed by terrorist groups which are supported by the US, Israel and Saudi Arabia.

"We believe that today the entire world is threatened by insecurity, instability and spread of horror resulted from acts of the Takfiri-Zionist terrorist groups which are supported by the US, Israel and certain regional countries, headed by Saudi Arabia," General Dehqan said, addressing the 2016 Moscow Conference on International Security (MCIS).

He also downplayed the effectiveness of the so-called anti-terrorism coalitions by the terrorists' supporters, saying they are not interested in serious and decisive battle against the terrorists and actually reinvigorate and recruit the terrorist groups under the disguise of humanitarian aid, truce, negotiations and deceptive slogans.

Dehqan underlined Iran's assistance to the terrorism-hit countries, and said the country has paid the most costs to this end.

Iran has pioneered in helping the regional states' fight against terrorism, specially Iraq and Syria, and has offered many regional and world states to cooperate in campaign against terrorist groups.

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