‘Deal of Century’ to Reverse ‘Demonization of Iran’ Policies - Zarif

By Staff, Agencies

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Monday that the US and ‘Israeli’ attempts to portray an evil image of Iran and depict it as "belligerent" were foiled by Iran's nuclear deal but now the ‘Deal of the Century’, too, can reverse their plans to demonize Iran.

Speaking to the academic staff of the Army Command and Staff School, Zarif said that the US announcement of the ‘Deal of the Century’ was indeed a great opportunity for Iran.

He added that according to the former ambassador of the Zionist entity in Iran who served in the country before the 1979 Islamic Revolution, when the Zionist regime started planning for the ‘peace’ processes of Madrid and Oslo in 1991, it decided to replace Arabs with Iran in enemy schemes with the aims of working out ‘peace’ with Arab states.

He said they started to implement these schemes within the past ten years in the Arab world by spending a lot on the plan.

With the US help and, unfortunately, the assistance of some Arab countries, Zarif added, a tremendously evil wave was formed to introduce Iran as the main threat to the Arab countries in the region with the aim of persuading them to fight Iran instead of the Zionist regime.

The ultimate goal was to eventually make Arab countries yield to their demands in an optimum way, he said.