EU has become a U.S. puppet: Iran`s Velayati

TEHRAN, Dec. 17 (MNA)- The senior advisor to the Supreme Leader said the European Union has become a puppet in the hands of the United States. Ali Akbar Velayati made the remarks during a conference in Tehran on Sunday. “The United States dictates the European Union and NATO what they should do, and they cannot make independent decisions even in regard to their own national interests,” he said, adding, “That is (a kind of) political colonialism.” Elsewhere in his remarks, Velayati said that the Syrian people took to the streets to demand Islamic reforms, but the Westerners got al-Qaeda involved in the popular movements that resulted in killings and bombings. Velayati also noted that the movements in the Middle East region are signs of the Islamic Awakening and it is obvious from people’s votes and slogans that pro-Islamic forces will play key roles in the regional developments. He called on academics and religious scholars to develop a blueprint for the Islamic Awakening movement in order to save it from deviation, saying that otherwise “the Westerners will try to divert the current of the Islamic Awakening.” Velayati emphasized that the experience of the Islamic Revolution in Iran can be very helpful to other Muslim nations in foiling enemy’s plots.