[Iran-fed disinformation]
- ran´s Foreign Minister, Mohammed Javad Zarif, said, that Iran has warned the USA in an official memo, issued through the Swiss Embassy in Tehran, which functions as US interests section in Iran, that handmade articles of chemical weapons, including Sarin gas, are being transferred to Syria.
In an interview for Aseman Weekly, the Iranian Foreign Minister added, that Iran had warned the USA in the same official memo, that radical groups might be planning to use these chemical agents.
Zarif stressed, that it was the encouragement of these groups that has led them to continue the insurgency, resulting in the humanitarian catastrophe that can be witnessed in the Iranian media. The Iranian Foreign Minister said:“Now, after the supporters of radical groups saw that such groups have gained nothing inside Syria, they have joined hands to lay a trap for the entire region and the United States as well, to wage a new war in cooperation with those groups whose interests are tied to the war.”In another part of the interview, Zarif emphasized, that due to encouragement from Iran and Russia, the Syrian government accepted to offer full cooperation with the United Nations inspectors who aimed to take samples from the sites where the alleged chemical attack had taken place. Zarif continued:“We encouraged Syria to fully cooperate with the United Nations, we think that Syria should also hand in all [available evidence] it has [to UN authorities], so that, it would become clear under what conditions the chemical weapons have been used.”Syria has, especially supported by Russia, repeatedly demanded that each and every chemical weapons use incident should be investigated by an experts commission. The UN meanwhile, has been stalled due to predominantly US sponsored demands to provide the UN Inspectors with sweeping authorities to access any facility throughout the country, which Russia rejected with reference to Iraq. The UN Inspectors arrived in Damascus on invitation of the Syrian government on 21 August, the same day a chemical weapon was used in the Damascus suburb Ghouta.Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the Islamic Republic had sent an official memo to the United States through the Swiss Embassy in Tehran (which ..n an interview with Aseman (Sky) weekly in Tehran, Zarif added, “In the same note, we warned [Washington] that radical groups might be planning to use these chemical agents. During this period [of war in Syria] Takfiri groups have been encouraged to continue their fratricide and war the result of which has been human catastrophes some photos of which we have already seen in the media.” the Iranian foreign minister, however, stated that the Americans have given no answer to that letter.As put by Zarif, “Now, after the supporters of radical groups saw that such groups have gained nothing inside Syria, they have joined hands to lay a trap for the entire region and the United States as well to wage a new war in cooperation with those groups whose interests are tied to the war.”In another part of the interview, Zarif emphasized that due to encouragement from Iran and Russia, the Syrian government accepted to offer full cooperation with the United Nations inspectors who aimed to take samples from the sites where the alleged chemical attack had taken place.The Iranian foreign minister continued by saying that just in the same way that “we encouraged Syria to fully cooperate with the United Nations, we think that Syria should also hand in all [available evidence] it has [to UN authorities], so that, it would become clear under what conditions the chemical weapons have been used.” In this way, Zarif added, the trap that has been laid for the government of Syria as well as for those who want to launch military strike against this country will be thwarted.“Apart from a warmongering group and a political group which has made wrong choices in the past, nobody would benefit from military action [against Syria]. By the way, that political group which has made wrong choices, may just find a temporary breathing space [as a result of waging war against Syria] without getting its main problem solves [through such a war],” the Iranian foreign minister said.Asked about the impact of direct contacts between Iran and the United States on efforts made to find a solution to Syria crisis, Zarif said, “The Islamic Republic of Iran has communicated its positions [on the situation in Syria] to the American officials through notes which have been sent through the Switzerland Embassy [in Tehran]. Unfortunately, there is one big problem with the American leaders. Instead of being [true] leaders [for their people] they are followers of specific political currents and certain interest groups.”
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