Iran critical of Great Satan's policy of backing Israel: Arab author

Beirut, June 8, IRNA – Iran's Islamic Revolution has successfully revealed the Satanic plans of the US to support the Zionist regime, renowned Arab writer Talal Salman told IRNA on Saturday. "Tehran is not afraid of threats and will definitely thwart all the sanctions that aim to drive Iran to the bosoms of imperialism," said Salman. Saying that he had held interviews with Imam Khomeini several times both in France and Iran, Salman added that he had been impressed by the revolutionary people, especially in Tehran and Qom, and that Imam Khomeini was a great leader. The former editor-in-chief of Assafir newspaper of Lebanon said that the Islamic revolution was a great historic event, which influenced both the region and the world. "Iran had a destructive role under the Shah moving in line with the interests of the United States and the United Kingdom." "Imam Khomeini brought the Islamic Revolution to a decisive stance in the world, and that is completely natural for the UK, the US, and Zionist regime and the all the other colonial powers to to resist to it." US threats are nothing but saber-rattling and Iran is not afraid of it. The US threatens Iran to please some Arab countries, like the Saudis, and in return, swindles them out of their money; this is while the House of Saud has hoarded the wealth of the country and the rest of the people are being deprived of that, he said. Salman said that Iran changed the Israeli Embassy in Tehran to Palestinian Embassy; there were 500 people working in Iran as agriculture experts but that were de facto training the Iranian Army. He divided the region's history to before and after the Islamic Revolution, and added the Revolution made a big move in the region that was a house to the colonial powers of France, the US, the UK, and Israel. The people of the region are interested in a revolutionary atmosphere in their countries and don’t want the Zionist regime to exercise influence in the decision making of their own countries and to see their honor be trampled upon by the US and Israel, he said. Salman added that the people of the region also oppose the organized theft of the wealth of the Arab countries and the indifference to the violations of their rights by Israel. "People of the region cannot accept Arab countries' recognition of Israel." He also said that Iran is an active element in the changes of the Arab countries bringing them back to resisting Israel and US imperialism and "Iran will be victorious." Follow us on Twitter @IrnaEnglish