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Iranian
FM says ISIS, Al-Nusra, Al-Qaeda get their money & ideology from
US allies
RT,
17
July, 2017
The Iranian Foreign Minister has accused Washington’s allies in the Middle East of sponsoring terrorism. Mohammad Javad Zarif was speaking to CNN, commenting on US President Donald Trump’s apparent anti-Iranian policy in the region.
In an exclusive interview with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria, Zarif said Trump’s stance towards Iran, which includes accusations of Tehran sponsoring terrorism, represented a “misplaced and misguided policy.”
“We
know where the terrorists are coming from. We know those who attacked
the World Trade Center were citizens of which countries in the region
– I can tell you none of them came from Iran,” Zarif
said.
The
FM added that “none
of the people who engaged in acts of terrorism since 2001 came from
Iran,” pointing
out that “most
of them came from US allies.”
Out
of the 19 terrorists who hijacked planes on September 11, 2001,
fifteen were Saudi Arabian citizens, two were from UEA while the rest
were Egyptian and a Lebanese.
“Look
at ISIS [Islamic State, IS], look at Nusra [Al-Nusra Front terrorist
group], look at Al-Qaeda, look at other terrorist organizations…
none of them have anything to do with Iran and all of them receive
not only their ideology but their financial assistance, their
weapons, their arms from others who call themselves US allies,” Zarif
said.
Trump
has branded Iran the main sponsor of terrorism during his US
presidential campaign.
During
his landmark visit to Saudi Arabia this May, the US president
said “until
the Iranian regime is willing to be a partner for peace, all nations
of conscience must work together to isolate Iran.”
Following the twin IS-linked terror attacks on the Iranian parliament and the mausoleum of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in early June, which left 14 dead and 42 injured, Trump went as far to say that it was Tehran’s own fault: “We underscore that states that sponsor terrorism risk falling victim to the evil they promote.”
Zarif dismissed the US leader’s remarks as “repugnant,” while saying that “Iranians counter terror backed by US clients.”
Following the twin IS-linked terror attacks on the Iranian parliament and the mausoleum of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in early June, which left 14 dead and 42 injured, Trump went as far to say that it was Tehran’s own fault: “We underscore that states that sponsor terrorism risk falling victim to the evil they promote.”
Zarif dismissed the US leader’s remarks as “repugnant,” while saying that “Iranians counter terror backed by US clients.”
Repugnant WH statement & Senate sanctions as Iranians counter terror backed by US clients.Iranian people reject such US claims of friendship
The
US accuses Tehran of supporting various Shia militant groups in the
Middle East and North Africa – including Hamas in Palestine,
Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen.
Iran
is also a strong ally of Syrian President Bashar Assad, whom
Washington wanted to be removed from power. The CNN interview focused
on the “endgame” in Syria, which Zarif believes must come with a
ceasefire, without preconditions and Syrians deciding for themselves
who they want as a president.
Zarif also rejected claims from a group of senators that Iran has violated the nuclear deal, pointing out that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which is the monitoring body in accordance with the deal, has verified that Tehran has been in full compliance with the agreed scaleback of its nuclear program.
Zarif also rejected claims from a group of senators that Iran has violated the nuclear deal, pointing out that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which is the monitoring body in accordance with the deal, has verified that Tehran has been in full compliance with the agreed scaleback of its nuclear program.
Zarif
accused Washington of violating its part of the deal by calling other
states not to do business with Tehran.
US-Saudi ISIS Salaries Leaked Online
The
salaries of US-Saudi funded ISIS militants has been leaked online
after Iraqi police in Mosul found a document showing the various pay
grades of terrorists in the organization.
According
to the document, payments differ depending on the status of the
militant as well as the number of children he has in his family.
Sputniknews.com reports:
Single militants receive the lowest salary, about 72 dollars, or
95,000 Iraqi dinars.
By
contrast, Abu Jana, who was born in 1991, married and a father
of three children, received 184 dollars in the past month.
A militant listed as Abu Nasser, born in 1962, married and
father of six children, received 256 dollars.
A
local source in Mosul told Sputnik that the amount of payments
can fluctuate depending on the circumstances. In general, the
wages of the militants grow proportionally with the number
of their wives and children. At the same time, the salary
usually doesn’t exceed 300 dollars.
The
terrorist group also paid generous reimbursements to demobilized
disabled people who suffered from the attacks of the
international coalition, the source said.
At
the same time, leaders of the terrorist group received not only
their monthly payments, but also the money from the sales
of stolen property of ordinary citizens. The salaries
of Daesh leaders are assumed to have been 500 dollars or
higher, although this year they experienced certain financial
problems as the international coalition bombed the banks where
they received their money.
Last
year, Sputnik published data on the salaries of militants
in 2014, when they first took control over the provinces
of Nineveh and Anbar. At that time, the salary of a foreign
fighter was $1,300. He was also given a house, a car, a wife and
fuel, which was a deficit among the local population. Salaries
of local Daesh militants were about 600 dollars. Such high
payments were related to the fact that the group controlled oil
fields and illegally supplied crude oil to neighboring
countries.
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