“The key point regarding the success of dialogue is the fact that any actor in the worldwide system who pursues maximalist demands and does not allow space for the other side can not speak of peace, stability and development“.
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President Rouhani has said Saudi’s invasion of Yemen has widened the distance between the monarchy and the Islamic countries including Iran.
He also criticized the global community for its “indifference” to the violence in Iraq, Syria, and Yemen, and denounced the United States for its ongoing support for Israel, saying that it should be stop “throwing about baseless accusations and pursuing other unsafe policies in defense of it sother regional allies“.
The United States continues to insist that it is not coordinating in any way with Iran in U.S.-led coalition air strikes against ISIL.
“Resolving this conflict and empowering the Palestinian people to exercise their right to self-determination and to an independent state within the border of 4th June 1967, with East Jerusalem as its capital, will effectively eliminate one of the most important factors contributing to the region’s instability and one of the most unsafe pretexts used to justify extremism and terrorism“, Sissi said. But Obama said he was willing to work with Russian Federation and Iran to end it.
Nevertheless, Obama reaffirmed that the U.S.is opposed to Iran and Russia’s steadfast support for the government of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad.
On Thursday, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Saudi Arabia was responsible for the stampede near Mecca. “This is something that only the likes of Saddam Hussein would do”, he reportedly said.
Rouhani said that anytime something can be done to help someone in prison, “nothing would make me happier”.
In addition to Amir Hekmati, American and Iranian diplomats have discussed the status of Washington Post Tehran correspondent, Jason Rezaian and Saeed Abedini, a pastor from Idaho. The two leaders agreed on the need to identify who’s buying the oil that pays for the group’s activities.
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Iran expects about $29 billion of funds to be unfrozen and repatriated to its central bank by January 2016 at the latest as economic sanctions are eased after July’s nuclear deal, according to Gholamali Kamyab, vice governor for foreign exchange affairs at the bank.
