Israel, Saudi guiding Trump: Iran

Tehran Oct 16 (IANS) US President Donald Trump s recent anti-Iran speech was under the influence of lobbyists from Israel and Saudi Arabia Iran s Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said.

It was clear that the Zionist regime of Israel and some countries like Saudi Arabia have played a major role in writing Trump s speech and guiding him Larijani was quoted as saying on Sunday by Press TV Xinhua reported.

Trump s aggressive rhetoric was aimed to cause commotion and prevent international economic cooperation with Iran he added.

On Friday the US President refused to certify Iran s international nuclear deal and accused Tehran of sponsoring terrorism saying that he would deny Iran s "all paths to a nuclear weapon".

Accordingly Saudi Arabia and Israel welcomed the new strategy towards Iran announced by Trump.

Iran has insisted that its nuclear energy programme is aimed at civilian purposes.

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