May 26, 2018
Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani says the US relocation of its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem will not go unpunished and will definitely receive an “appropriate response.”
Addressing an emergency meeting of the Permanent Palestine Committee of the International Parliamentary Union held in Tehran, Larijani’s main point was that the US doesn’t remain committed to any treaty.
“The provocative moves by the US to withdraw from the JCPOA and relocate its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem will create more tensions in the region and the world,” he said May 14.
He then called on Islamic states to get united against the imprudent and illegitimate move of President Trump to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
Larijani referred to the widespread objections by many Arab states to the US move to relocate its embassy and added the objections need to be backed by some serious practical steps.
“Today all the world has come to this conclusion that the US is the origin of chaos and insecurity in the whole world.”
He then referred to the US withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal and said the US remains committed to no international treaty.
“One day it violates the Paris Climate Agreement and breaches its customs duty with China and the EU. Then, the other day, under pressure, it retreats and resumes its earlier agreements with the EU. One day, it sets unjust laws for entrance of immigrants from Islamic states and, the other day, it withdraws from the JCPOA, which it earlier signed. One day it says will not remain in Syria and the other day urges regional states to provide it with money for remaining in Syria,” he said.
Larijani told the parliamentarians from around the world that the US has been supporting terrorism for many years and asserted that US officials have confessed that Washington created ISIS, which is not correct.
“This shows that the US is suffering from a decision-making crisis and deals with international issues in an unconsidered manner. The US president can’t recognize the long-term consequences of his decisions.” This is a criticism made by many in the United States, Republicans as well as Democrats.