Iranian FM says U.S. allies providing support to Islamic State
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STORY: Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif is accusing U.S. allies in the Middle East of providing support to Islamic State and called for that assistance to stop immediately. Zarif was speaking at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) in New York on Wednesday (September 17).
A large part of the moderated discussion that Zarif took part in was devoted to Islamic State as well as Iran's ongoing negotiations over its nuclear program.
Zarif complained about the refusal of the United States and other world powers to invite Iran to an international conference in Paris this week on the Iraq crisis. He said the coalition Washington was building against Islamic State was a "coalition of repenters," because most of those that attended had originally supported it. Zarif added that later the group "came to haunt its creators."
The Paris conference was attended by the five U.N. Security Council permanent members, European and Arab states,
STORY: Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif is accusing U.S. allies in the Middle East of providing support to Islamic State and called for that assistance to stop immediately. Zarif was speaking at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) in New York on Wednesday (September 17).
A large part of the moderated discussion that Zarif took part in was devoted to Islamic State as well as Iran's ongoing negotiations over its nuclear program.
Zarif complained about the refusal of the United States and other world powers to invite Iran to an international conference in Paris this week on the Iraq crisis. He said the coalition Washington was building against Islamic State was a "coalition of repenters," because most of those that attended had originally supported it. Zarif added that later the group "came to haunt its creators."
The Paris conference was attended by the five U.N. Security Council permanent members, European and Arab states,