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Sat, 04/23/2011 - 23:54
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Iran, Venezuela Condemn West's Double-Standard Policies on Regional Developments
TEHRAN, April 23 (FNA)- Iranian and Venezuelan Foreign Ministers Ali Akbar Salehi and Nicolas Maduro in a phone conversation deplored the double-standard policies adopted by the western countries on the regional developments, and called for an end to the massacre of the Bahraini and Libyan people.
During the conversation on Friday, Salehi referred to the recent developments in the Middle-East, the Persian Gulf and North Africa, and underlined the necessity for the international community to pay attention to the realities in the region.
He also blasted the unfair, contradictory and double-standard policies of the West with regard to the regional developments, specially their paradoxical and opposite attitudes towards events in Bahrain and Libya.
Maduro, for his part, said that the western countries have adopted violent policies on the recent crises in the region and shown support for the suppression of the freedom-seeking people in Tunisia, Egypt, Bahrain, Yemen and Saudi Arabia as a strategy to control the oil resources and the wealth of the regional nations.
Two months after the eruption of mass protests in Bahrain, the kingdom still kills the opposition, jailing hundreds of activists in a crackdown that has unveiled the Obama administration's support for dictators in the region.
Since February 14, Manama has been conducting a brutal crackdown on protesters who want an end to the rule of the Al-Khalifa dynasty.
In March, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait deployed their troops in Bahrain to reinforce the armed clampdowns.
Bahrain's monarchy, since calling in Saudi troops to help crush protests, has been quietly dismantling the country's opposition.
According to media reports, the harsh crackdown has so far left tens of people dead and hundreds more injured.
Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have condemned the Bahraini and Saudi regimes for their heavy-handed tactics against civilians in the Persian Gulf state.
During the conversation on Friday, Salehi referred to the recent developments in the Middle-East, the Persian Gulf and North Africa, and underlined the necessity for the international community to pay attention to the realities in the region.
He also blasted the unfair, contradictory and double-standard policies of the West with regard to the regional developments, specially their paradoxical and opposite attitudes towards events in Bahrain and Libya.
Maduro, for his part, said that the western countries have adopted violent policies on the recent crises in the region and shown support for the suppression of the freedom-seeking people in Tunisia, Egypt, Bahrain, Yemen and Saudi Arabia as a strategy to control the oil resources and the wealth of the regional nations.
Two months after the eruption of mass protests in Bahrain, the kingdom still kills the opposition, jailing hundreds of activists in a crackdown that has unveiled the Obama administration's support for dictators in the region.
Since February 14, Manama has been conducting a brutal crackdown on protesters who want an end to the rule of the Al-Khalifa dynasty.
In March, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait deployed their troops in Bahrain to reinforce the armed clampdowns.
Bahrain's monarchy, since calling in Saudi troops to help crush protests, has been quietly dismantling the country's opposition.
According to media reports, the harsh crackdown has so far left tens of people dead and hundreds more injured.
Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have condemned the Bahraini and Saudi regimes for their heavy-handed tactics against civilians in the Persian Gulf state.
