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Saudi Arabia backing terrorists in Pakistan: MP

6 May 2017 - 16:12


May 6, The Iran Project – An Iranian lawmaker says Saudi security forces, present in Pakistan and Iran’s borders, support terrorists operations.

Speaking to a reporter on Saturday, Iranian parliamentarian Mohammad-Javad Jamali Nobandegani referred to the recent anti-Iran remarks of Saudi Arabia’s defense minister, and said Saudi forces, with their financial supports, encourage Takfiri and terrorist groups in Pakistan to carry out terrorist operations against Iran.

Last Tuesday, Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman al-Saud, the kingdom’s defense minister, ruled out ties with Iran after Tehran announced the possibility of de-escalation of tensions if Riyadh halted its war against Yemen.

Salman also said that any struggle for influence between Iran and Saudi Arabia has to take place "inside Iran, not in Saudi Arabia.”

In response, Iran issued a formal protest letter to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Thursday, urging the global community to take action against Saudi Arabia’s support for terrorism and extremism.

However, Jamali Nobandegani stated that it is not expected that the UN prevents Saudis’ warmongering policies since Saudi Arabia previously used its money to silence the international community over the dire humanitarian situation in Yemen.

Elsewhere in his remarks, the Iranian lawmaker pointed to the cross-border terrorist attack at Mirjaveh, and said following Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif's travel to Islamabad, we are waiting for Pakistani officials to fulfill their promises so that we will never see other terrorist operations in Iran's borders.

On April 26, 11 Iranian border guards were killed and three others injured in clashes near the town of Mirjaveh in the southeastern Iranian province of Sistan-and-Baluchestan. The Pakistan-based Jaish ul-Adl terror group claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement.


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