Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has criticized the decision of President Donald Trump on sending additional military troop and defensive equipments to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates in the wake of the drone attack.
Zarif said Trump only wanted to threaten Iran to not spark any war against the two regions.
The Pentagon on Friday announced that it will deploy more military troops and equipment as the American president hast at least for now put off any immediate military strike on Iran in response to the attack on the Saudi Oil industry. The said deployment will help beef up security on the regions.
The Iranian top envoy was pretty confident that Iran could avoid war and it will never start a conflict. However, he said “whoever starts one will not be the one who finishes it,” clarifying that what he meant is if a war does break out it will not be a limited one.
“I think the Yemenis have announced a- declared responsibility for it. They have even shown evidence that they launched this attack. So I should take it as that. But if the United States believes that the Yemenis were not behind it, first of
“No, I’m not confident that we can avoid a war. I’m confident that we will not start one,” said Zarif.
Meanwhile, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has called the decision a “disaster” and urged foreign forces to not meddle with the Gulf’s security.
Iran is also expected to present a security plan for the Gulf at the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
