Iran urges Gulf Arabs to accept post-nuclear deal thaw

AFP, TEHRAN: Iran urged its Gulf Arab neighbours Thursday to reconcile themselves to the international rapprochement that led to its July nuclear agreement with world powers and to halt their hostile propaganda.
Foreign ministry spokeswoman Marizeh Afkham said that a joint statement issued by Gulf Arab foreign ministers on Tuesday accusing Iran of interference in their countries’ internal affairs was the same baseless rhetoric some of them had been uttering for decades.
“It is surprising that in the post-nuclear talks atmosphere, two or three of our southern neighbours... try to continue the failed policy of considering the Islamic Republic of Iran a threat,” she said.
“Some Gulf Cooperation Council members who hindered the talks process are now angry over the success of diplomacy... and think they can undermine international support for dialogue by repeating the same threadbare allegations.”
Regional heavyweight Saudi Arabia and its Sunni-ruled neighbours accuse Shiite Iran of meddling in Bahrain, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria and Yemen.

Iran urges Gulf Arabs to accept post-nuclear deal thaw

AFP, TEHRAN: Iran urged its Gulf Arab neighbours Thursday to reconcile themselves to the international rapprochement that led to its July nuclear agreement with world powers and to halt their hostile propaganda. Foreign ministry spokeswoman Marizeh Afkham said that a joint statement issued by Gulf Arab foreign ministers on Tuesday accusing Iran of interference in their countries internal affairs was the same baseless rhetoric some of them had been uttering for decades. It is surprising that in the post-nuclear talks atmosphere, two or three of our southern neighbours... try to continue the failed policy of considering the Islamic Republic of Iran a threat, she said. Some Gulf Cooperation Council members who hindered the talks process are now angry over the success of diplomacy... and think they can undermine international support for dialogue by repeating the same threadbare allegations. Regional heavyweight Saudi Arabia and its Sunni-ruled neighbours accuse Shiite Iran of meddling in Bahrain, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria and Yemen.