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Zarif: US ’Beautiful’ Arms Fail To Bring Yemenis to Knee

Zarif: US ’Beautiful’ Arms Fail To Bring Yemenis to Knee
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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Sunday that Saudis preferred military intervention to negotiations but the US "beautiful" weapons have failed to bring the Yemenis to knee.

Zarif: US ’Beautiful’ Arms Fail To Bring Yemenis to Knee

Zarif, currently in New York to attend the United Nations General Assembly [UNGA] High-level Meeting on Sustaining Peace salted to be held from April 24-25, made the remarks in an interview with Al-Monitor in New York on Sunday.

He further noted in response to a question on Yemen that a few days after the beginning of the aerial campaign against the Yemeni people, Iran made a public proposal to have an immediate cease-fire, urgent humanitarian assistance, intra-Yemeni dialogue and an inclusive government in Yemen. 

"That line of thinking is still what we're following with the Europeans, with the Russians, with anybody who is interested--with the special representative of the [UN] secretary-general. We will continue to call for all sides to stop fighting and to have an immediate cease-fire and to move to a dialogue. So that's the gist of our discussion with the Europeans," he said.

Commenting on the JCPOA, Zarif added that if US President Donald Trump withholds the next round of Iran sanctions waivers due on May 12, effectively exiting the nuclear deal, Tehran could resume its nuclear program "in a much more advanced way.

Zarif, however, stressed that an exit by Washington wouldn't represent a major break from the past. 

He further noted that the policies Trump has pursued over the past 15 months have stunted the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action's [JCPOA] economic impact on Iran, and thus any decision Tehran makes would be "fully justified by the JCPOA." 

"The mere presence of the United States in the deal is not sufficient. The United States must be an active participant in the deal in good faith," he said.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team

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