UN expresses concern over Trump’s rhetorics against Iran
Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, expressed concern about recent rhetorics by the US president against Tehran in the wake of nationwide economic protests in Iran, calling on both sides to return to diplomacy.
Dujarric made the remarks in a press conference on Monday in response to a question about recent threats made by the United States against Iran over more than two weeks of protests which turned violent.
He said that the UN secretary-general always encourages countries to pursue diplomacy to resolve their differences.
Since the beginning of protests in Iran on December 28, US President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened Tehran with military attack over its response to the riots in the country during which an unknown number of security forces and protesters have lost their lives.
Instigated by expressions of support on behalf of US president as well as Zionist-relayed instructions, armed groups and individuals in various cities, including the capital Tehran, turned the protests into violent clashes by dispatching firearms and Molotov cocktails to streets, claiming innocent lives and destroying and setting on fire an assortment of economic centers, religious and public sites, buses, and urban amenities.
The spokesman for Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party also addressed the developments in Iran in a press conference, rejecting any foreign interference in Iran’s internal affairs.
The Turkish official said Ankara believes that Iran’s problems should be resolved without foreign intervention, adding that any inference in Iran’s internal affairs would worsen the situation in the country.