Iraqi ambassador admires Iranian diplomacy to end nuclear dispute

Amid acid comments by some Arab officials the Iraqi ambassador to Tehran has said there is no evidence that shows Iran is meddling in domestic affairs of countries, AVA Diplomatic reports.

“There is no document indicating Iran’s interference with domestic affairs of countries,” Rajeh Saber Abboud al-Mousavi said.

“We are grateful to the historic role Iran is playing in the stability of the region and even of the world.”

Late June, Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit had rapped Tehran in an interview with London-based Asharq al-Awsat for what he called “interfering in the affairs of Arab countries.”

The ambassador said, “Had it not been for the supports of Iran and popular mobilization forces, Iraq would have collapsed, and if Iraq falls, all other countries in the region will also fall.”

“Iran’s role in Iraq is limited to an advisory one and this is done at the formal request of Baghdad,” he added.

Reacting to the sectarian and religious remarks by Saudis against Tehran, the ambassador said, “Having liberated Takrit and al-Anbar with the help of Iran, the cities were left to their locals. Was it sectarian?”

In June Saudi Ambassador Thamer al-Sabhan to Baghdad had tweeted that Iranian military advisers were fueling sectarian violence in Fallujah, seeking to change the demographic composition of the city, inhabited mainly by Sunnis.

Ambassador Abboud al-Mousavi  linked the anti-Iranian approach to attempts by other countries, which he declined to name, to re-draw regional borders on sectarian and biased grounds.

“These are planning malicious schemes against the people and since Iran, Syria, and Iraq have stood up to them, they seek to hatch plots against them,” said the Iraqi diplomat.

Other Iraqi officials have also hailed Tehran’s assistance to the country, rejecting the anti-Iranian remarks as hostile and unfounded.