Zarif criticized Soleimani’s power, said Russia tried to sabotage Iran nuke deal
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Zarif said that Soleimani had worked with Russia to sabotage the nuclear deal and acted in Syria’s long-running war in a way that damaged Tehran’s interests, as well as undermining him on a number of occasions, the New York Times reported.
“In the Islamic Republic the military field rules,” Zarif said. “I have sacrificed diplomacy for the military field rather than the field servicing diplomacy.”
The extracts also suggested Soleimani refused to listen to a request by the Foreign Ministry that Tehran show less overt support for Syrian leader Bashar Assad, including not using state airline Iran Air to transport military equipment and personnel to Syria and not deploying ground forces to the war-torn country.
Zarif also criticized Soleimani for allowing Russian planes to fly over Iran on their way to bomb Syria.
Zarif said that he was often kept in the dark about security matters, and that “to his astonishment,” former US Secretary of State John Kerry told him that Israel had attacked Iranian interests in Syria at least 200 times.
Zarif made the comments in an hours-long taped conversation with an economist named Saeed Leylaz that took place last March as part of an oral history project. A copy was leaked to the UK-based Persian language news channel Iran International, which is viewed as hostile to Iran and is owned by Saudi Arabians.
Zarif makes clear in the audiotape that the interview was never intended for publication. READ MORE
Zarif criticized Soleimani’s power, said Russia tried to sabotage Iran nuke deal
Zarif criticized Soleimani’s power, said Russia tried to sabotage Iran nuke deal
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