© The Iran ProjectGeneral Hatami
Iranian Defense Minister Brig. Gen. Amir Hatami has accused US and Israel of being largely responsible for the rise of extremism in the Middle East.
"Extremism [in the region] is the result of the US policies and war on terrorism is just a pretext by the White House statesmen to gain control over the Islamic territories and their resources," Hatami said, as quoted by the FARS news agency.
According to the defense minister, the United States and Israel are allegedly biggest and the most dangerous supporters of terrorism in the region.
US is Tehran's 'Number One' Enemy - Iran's Supreme Leader
Iran currently has no formal diplomatic relations with Israel or the United States. Most recently, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called Washington Iran's "main enemy" in response to harsh criticism by US President Donald Trump, who had called Iran "a terrorist nation like few others."
Trump's accusations were followed by White House's announcement of new sanctions against Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on the same day over their alleged support of terrorism, a claim strongly refuted by Tehran that pledged to "strongly respond to any action against its military forces." According to Iranian government spokesman Mohammad Baker, labelling the IRGC a "terrorist group" would mean Washington itself supports terrorists.
The sanctions came in the wake of the US administration's decision not to certify Iran's compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal (also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action - JCPOA), prompting harsh criticism from the rest members of the P5+1 group that had negotiated the agreement.
Most recently, the Iranian deputy foreign minister, Majid Takht-Ravanchi, has reiterated Tehran's stance on Washington's move, saying that Tehran will not leave the nuclear agreement first, but preparing itself for every scenario.
It's been a big sell job. The opportunity to wipe out a breeding population which threaten to undermine their own positions, and thence to obtain by theft of war making the lands, surviving people, and resources of the islamic nations which are not in a position to defend themselves from the unling political pretenders of the religious pharaoh's. Everyone profits by mass murder, except of course the people whom die and have everything stolen from them.
Just look for your own selves. There isn't a political leader anywhere on this planet whom doesn't kiss the had of the religious pharaoh's.