29 March 2017

Mehdi Sepahvand
Tehran, Iran - Tehran has shown strong reaction to recent statements by US Vice President Mike Pence addressing some 20,000 people at the annual American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) conference, where the US official accused Iran of destabilizing the region and attempting to develop a nuclear bomb.

In a response to Pence, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi said the “unwavering help” of the US to Israel’s nuclear activity is a sign of America’s “support for instability in the region and the world”, the Iranian Foreign Ministry website reported March 28.

“All the International Atomic Energy Agency’s reports indicate that Iran’s nuclear activities are peaceful,” Qassemi said.

In his address to the AIPAC March 26, Pence said Iranian politicians “openly admit their desire to wipe Israel off the map and drive its people into the sea. America will no longer tolerate Iran’s efforts to destabilize the region and jeopardize Israel’s security.... Under President Donald Trump, the United States of America will not allow Iran to develop a nuclear weapon. This is our solemn promise to you, to Israel, and to the world. History attests that enmity toward the Jewish people often turns from evil thought to evil action.”

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