Iran warns on US, Saudi moves in PG‏

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Iran warns on US, Saudi moves in PG‏

 
 
 
Iran warns on US, Saudi moves in PG
Tue Mar 15, 2011 11:14AM
 
Iran's Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani
Iran's Majlis (parliament) Speaker Ali Larijani has warned that regional countries will pay the price for their “US-backed” military intervention in the popular revolutions of the region.


Addressing lawmakers in the open session of the Majlis on Tuesday, Larijani cited US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates' recent visit to Bahrain as Washington's green light to the slaughter of Bahraini protesters, saying the visit further exposed double-standard policies of the US and Europe towards developments in the Persian Gulf state. 

Larijani's comments came after Saudi Arabia announced that its military deployment in neighboring Bahrain was aimed at quelling escalating anti-government protests at the request of the Bahraini government. 

A Saudi official said Monday that more than 1,000 troops, part of the Persian Gulf countries' Peninsula Shield Force, had entered Bahrain. 

The top Majlis official said that the deployment of military forces in volatile countries with the aim of suppressing popular revolutions constitutes a real threat to their “glass palaces”. 

Bahrain's government is continuing its military crackdown against protesters that demand the downfall of decades-old regime of al-Khalifah family. 

“It is crystal clear that this aggressive action was carried out with the support of US and in the wake of Gates' trip to the country, and regional nations reserve the right to hold the US accountable for any violence or massacre committed [ in their countries ] to this moment,” IRNA quoted Larijani as saying. 

The Iranian Majlis speaker further added that the US concern about revolutions in North Africa and Middle East regions fly in the face of their claims and supports for promotion of democracy. 

“With the guidance and support of US, some regional countries (mercenaries) obey [Washington's] orders; therefore, these states should prepare themselves for reactions of nations,” he further added. 

The veteran Iranian politician compared the current massacre of Libyan protesters by embattled ruler Muammar Gaddafi's loyalists to similar intifada in Iraq during which Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein slaughtered thousands of Iraqis after Washington gave him the green light. 

Latest reports from crisis-hit Libya indicate that thousands may have been killed or injured in the North African country as fierce government crackdown on the opposition escalates. 

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