In Arabic, Iranian Representative to UN Quotes Clinton: Saudi Arabia Top Terrorist Donor 

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A fiery speech by an Iranian representative Abbas Golroo blamed terrorist activity around the globe on Riyadh – and even quoted Hillary Clinton to back that up.

In response to Saudi accusations at the UN General Assembly, he stressed that accusing Iran of supporting terrorism was a “strange and outlandish claim” by Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Jubeir. 

He was addressing the United Nations in Arabic, explaining that he was doing so in order “to make sure that our position is rendered clear” to Riyadh.

“Everybody knows that Saudi Arabia supports terrorism in a very blatant and widespread manner,” the diplomat said. Golroo then added, unexpectedly, that “in the framework of WikiLeaks in 2009, Hillary Clinton is said to have stated that Saudi Arabia is the greatest donor to terrorist groups around the world.”

WikiLeaks did publish a memo by Clinton – which she put together in 2009, while being the US Secretary of State – that said that “donors in Saudi Arabia constitute the most significant source of funding to Sunni terrorist groups worldwide… Saudi Arabia remains a critical financial support base for Al-Qaeda, the Taliban… and other terrorist groups.”

Tehran, meanwhile, accuses Riyadh of being responsible for terrorist attacks “in the Middle East, north Africa and Europe” as well as of backing Daesh [Arabic Acronym for the terrorist “ISIS”/”ISIL”] and Al-Qaeda.

“It’s an open secret that the Yemen nation is suffering as a result of the direct machinations and maneuvers of Saudi Arabia,” the spokesman added.

Golroo then showed the General Assembly photos of Yemeni children, who were killed in an airstrike on a school bus, carried out by the Saudi-led coalition in September.

“You say that you’re defending the Arab identity,” the Iranian representative said, addressing the Saudis.

“Should Arab identity be used as a cause or pretext to carry out proxy wars…? You’re not defending the Arab identity. You’re killing the Arab identity with your dollars. You have no pity for anyone in the Arab World. You have no pity for any Arab people, including those, who are supposedly you allies.”

“If these were ballistic missile… how come there were so few casualties on the civilian side? Have you seen what a ballistic missile is capable of doing?” he wondered..

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team