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Zarif Congratulates Boris Johnson, Stresses Iran Will Protect Gulf Waters

Zarif Congratulates Boris Johnson, Stresses Iran Will Protect Gulf Waters
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By Staff, Agencies

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif congratulated his former British counterpart Boris Johnson on becoming Britain’s prime minister, in a tweet that criticized his predecessor Theresa May’s government’s policy towards Iran.

Zarif warned London not to engage in implementing the ploys of the so-called B-Team.

Shortly after announcing Johnson as the new Tory Leader, Zarif took to his official Twitter account to state the following:

“The May govt's seizure of Iranian oil at behest of US is piracy, pure & simple. I congratulate my former counterpart, @BorisJohnson on becoming UK PM. Iran does not seek confrontation. But we have 1500 miles of Persian Gulf coastline. These are our waters & we will protect them.”

In a video attached to his tweet, Zarif was delivering a speech in Bolivia, in which he said: “We are responsible for the security and freedom of navigation in the Persian Gulf. That is our lifeline.”

“It is much, much better for the United Kingdom not to engage in implementing the ploys of the B-Team. The B-Team is losing ground in the United Sates and now they are turning their attention to the United Kingdom,” Zarif warned in the speech.

“I guess the same policies that failed in the US will fail in the United Kingdom,” Zarif underlined.

The B-Team in his comments refers to a group of four anti-Iran hawks, including John Bolton, Zionist Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Saudi crown prince Mohammad Bin Salman Al Saud, and crown prince of Abu Dhabi Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

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