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Rouhani Censures Trump’s ’Unilateral’ Golan Recognition

Rouhani Censures Trump’s ’Unilateral’ Golan Recognition
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By Staff, Agencies

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani censured US President Donald Trump for recognizing the Zionist entity’s so-called "sovereignty" over Syria’s occupied Golan Heights, saying the unilateral move was against international law.

"No one could imagine that a man in the United States would unilaterally grant a piece of land belonging to a certain nation to a usurper in violation of international law," Rouhani said in a meeting with a number of Iranian cabinet ministers and executive officials in Tehran on Tuesday.

He added that some "colonial powers" in the past carried out similar moves and donated a part of a country to another, "but such an action is unprecedented in the current century."

Meanwhile, in a phone conversation with Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi later on the same day, Rouhani called for "closer cooperation" among countries in the Middle East to counter the US and ‘Israel.’

"The Zionist regime's excessive demands and Washington's wrong decisions further necessitate closer cooperation among regional countries," Rouhani told the Iraqi prime minister.

"Worrisome remarks about the violation of the Palestinian and Syrian nations' rights, particularly about the Golan Heights, are very dangerous for regional security," Rouhani added.

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