Iran’s Expediency Council (EC) chairman Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani urged the West to revise its current policy, given that it will not lead to tranquility.
Speaking at the weekly Friday prayers gathering in Tehran University campus 6 August, he called on the West to think about the actual reasons for the current situation.
"The crimes committed in Palestine make the human conscience suffer and what is going on in Iraq, such as recent attack on the holy city of Najaf harbouring Imam Ali's (as) shrine breaks the human hearts.”
Meanwhile, Israel which threatens the entire region is authorized to have nuclear weapons and kill the innocent people because of the double standards in the west's behaviour, he added.
The EC chairman further noted that the world powers themselves expect to be secure in their glass houses while the world people are insecure, and they wish to promote security in Israel, but not in Palestine.
"Both the Democrats and Republicans in the US have launched propaganda on such issues to their benefit when it comes to presidential elections, he noted.
He said that a Pakistani guerrilla possessing some maps dating back to before the 911 terrorist attacks disturbed the world power and led to switching their security status from yellow to orange, a situation which brought shame on them.
Rafsanjani further noted that the US-led troops attacked Iraq with the intention of having full access to the Persian Gulf oil reserves and become the king of oil.
However, against their will, the oil price almost doubled from its former rate of 24 dollars per barrel, he added.
Turning to the 59th anniversary of the bombardment of Hiroshima, as a crime committed by the US which has so far victimized more than 200,000 innocent people, he said this proves how grave can be the risks man is capable of taking.
He also referred to the anniversary of the constitution movement in Iran and said that while Iranians succeeded to eliminate Gajar's despotism, a number of westernized Iranians opposed the movement and managed to jeopardize people's achievements by their liberal approach.
Calling Israel as a member of the world atomic and military club, he said, "today many attempts are being made to launch a nuclear war, since the party taking the first step will be the winner. |
