November 21, 2018 19:59

Zarif Calls Out Trump for Attacking Iran to Justify Support for Saudi

Trump vowed that Washington will stay a “steadfast partner” of Riyadh despite saying that the Saudi crown prince may have known about the plan to murder journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul

US President Donald Trump (L) and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman enter the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington on March 14, 2017. (File Photo)

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has slammed a statement by US President Donald Trump in which he attacked Iran to justify his continued backing for Saudi Arabia despite the murder of prominent journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
“Mr. Trump bizarrely devotes the FIRST paragraph of his shameful statement on Saudi atrocities to accuse IRAN of every sort of malfeasance he can think of,” the chief diplomat wrote on Twitter late Tuesday.
Trump’s statement on Saudi Arabia opened with a litany of complaints against Iran, which he used as an apparent excuse for sticking by Riyadh in spite of the recent killing in Istanbul of Khashoggi, who was critical of Saudi rulers, and the ensuing international condemnation.

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