Iran denies US claim over arms funding
Iran’s Foreign Ministry has rejected US allegations that Iran sends arms to Afghan and Iraqi militants, describing the allegation as a blame game tactic.
“The accusations that the US levels against Iran’s Islamic Revolution’s Guard Corps (IRGC) are a big lie,” Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said at his weekly press conference on Tuesday.
Mehmanparast said that the US resorted to a “blame game to portray a different image of the situation ... and find a way to maintain its presence [in Afghanistan].”
He said that Western countries are under pressure from the public to pull out their forces from the region since their nations can no longer pay for their policies.
Mehmanparast called for the immediate withdrawal of foreign forces from Afghanistan and said their pullout would improve the region’s security.
He said that instability and insecurity, rising terrorist operations and growing narcotics production and trafficking were the result of Western military presence in the region.
Ten years after the invasion of Afghanistan by US-led forces, the war-ravaged country is still grappling with insecurity and poverty.
Although NATO and the United States have about 150,000 troops in Afghanistan, insecurity is persistently growing in the country.
Source: presstv.ir
