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Iran urges Muslims to unite against US, including Saudi ‘brothers’

TEHRAN, Nov 24, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani urged
Muslims worldwide on Saturday to unite against the United States and assured
Saudis they were “brothers” who had nothing to fear from Tehran.

US President Donald Trump abandoned a landmark 2015 nuclear deal between
major powers and Tehran in May and has since reimposed crippling unilateral
sanaction.

“What the United States wants of (the Middle East) today is enslavement,”
Rouhani told an Islamic unity conference in Tehran.

Instead of “rolling out the red carpet for criminals,” Muslim governments
should unite against the United States and “the region’s cancerous tumour”,
Israel, he said.

Rouhani urged Shiite Iran’s Sunni rival Saudi Arabia to end its dependence
on “insulting” US military aid.

“We are ready to defend the Saudi people’s interests against terrorism and
superpowers with all our might,” he said.

“We do no ask $450 billion for it and will not insult you.”

Riyadh cut diplomatic ties with Tehran in January 2016 after protesters
stormed its diplomatic missions in Iran following its execution of a
prominent Shiite cleric.

It accuses Tehran of fomenting unrest among Shiites in the Gulf Arab states
and the two governments have supported opposing sides in devastating civil
wars in Syria and Yemen.

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