Iran Says U.S. Shows “Iranophobia” Over Iraq
No Iran. Its called the REALITY of the situation in Iraq.
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran accused U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice of “Iranophobia” on Sunday for trying to blame Tehran for Iraq’s security problems.
Rice said last week she would press Iraq’s Arab neighbors at a meeting on Tuesday in Kuwait to do more to support Baghdad’s government and shield it from Iran’s “nefarious influences.”
Iran, as a neighbor of Iraq, will also attend the gathering.
“Regarding Rice’s statements, these statements are not something new. American officials follow the policy of Iranophobia,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini told reporters in a weekly news conference.
“We see the developments in Iraq today are the outcome of the U.S. administration’s illogical policies. The American officials want to externalize the problems they are facing inside Iraq,” he said, adding U.S. policies in Iraq had failed.
Washington accuses Tehran of funding, training and arming Iraqi militias, a charge Iran denies. Tehran says the presence of U.S. troops is behind Iraq’s problems and wants them out.
Hosseini said Tehran would encourage Arab states to be more active in Iraq where Iran, unlike Arab states, has an embassy.
“We have always encouraged those countries to play a more active role inside Iraq … and also resume diplomatic relations and open their embassies and support the political process in Iraq,” he said.
Arab countries, who are mainly Sunni Muslim, are suspicious of Iran, which like Iraq is majority Shi’ite.
Although Iran and the United States have not had diplomatic ties for almost three decades, officials from both countries held three rounds of talks last year to discuss Iraqi security.
A fourth round of talks has faced several delays, although Baghdad has been encouraging the discussions to continue.
Hosseini said no date had been fixed for the next round of talks.
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I still find it enlightening that when you read the statements from the iranians regarding Iraq, you would be hard pressed to tell the difference from statements that come from our own democrat party.
This will change as the donkeys enter the general election and they try to put their neo-commie, moral relativism, and anti capitalistic beliefs in the closet.
April 20th, 2008 at 8:43 amfuck iran
April 20th, 2008 at 8:51 am…and the democRat leadership, too.
April 20th, 2008 at 9:19 amSteve, you just penned a new word “Neocoms!” bwahahaha
April 20th, 2008 at 9:33 amLOL. The word phobia means fear of something. I don’t detect any fear in here. I guarantee the US military has no fear of you either.
Come out and play anytime you want. Bring your whole military with you. Just bear in mind what happened to your Persian ancestors when they met Alexander. You’ll be reapeating history.
The vultures and the bugs will have a field day consuming the flesh of your pathetic little Army as they bleed out on the ground.
April 20th, 2008 at 12:46 pmfuck iran
April 20th, 2008 at 2:18 pmIranphobia? Ya well if your freaking nation had not been such a dick-head since 1979, perhaps those of us in the United States would not feel as we do.
April 20th, 2008 at 4:55 pmExcept our failed ex-President Jimmah Carter.
Iran: go back into your hole, go threaten Iceland or something. We are sick of your shit.
Watch out, the Star of David may appear in the skies any day now.