Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has asserted that the US government has no authority to dictate the Islamic Republic’s foreign policy, Press TV reported.
In a post on X on Sunday, Araghchi stated that the era of US control over Iran's foreign policy ended with the 1979 Islamic Revolution, which saw the overthrow of the US-backed Pahlavi regime in Iran, headed by Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, known as the ‘Shah.’
“The United States government has no authority, or business, dictating Iranian foreign policy. That era ended in 1979,” he asserted.
The Iranian foreign minister further denounced the US government’s support for Israeli terrorism and genocide in Gaza, spending tens of billions of dollars between October 2023 and September 2024.
“Biden was last year bamboozled into handing over unprecedented 23 billion dollars to a genocidal regime. More than 60,000 Palestinians killed and the world holds America fully accountable,” Araghchi said.
He urged US statesmen and officials to halt their support for the Tel Aviv regime’s vicious moves and acts of terror, and stop aggressive attacks on Yemen’s infrastructure and civilian centers.
“End support for Israeli genocide and terrorism. Stop killing of Yemeni people,” the Iranian foreign minister concluded.
US President Donald Trump, in a statement on Saturday, said the US holds Iran “fully accountable” for its support for Yemen’s Anasarullah movement.
“Support for the Houthi terrorists must end IMMEDIATELY!” he said, adding that “America will hold you fully accountable, and we won’t be nice about it!”
His remarks came after he launched large-scale military strikes against the Yemeni government on Saturday over its Red Sea operations in solidarity with the people of Gaza, killing at least 31 people at the start of an aggression that is expected to last for days.
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