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Iranian International Affairs and Security Officer Gholamhossein Dehghani said Saudi Arabia has invested $ 87 billion over the past 50 years to promote terrorism.
The Director-General for Political and International Security Affairs at the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Gholamhossein Dehghani, made these remarks last month during a speech at a session of the Council of Foreign Affairs Ministers of the Organization for Islamic Cooperation (OIC) , hosted by the capital of the Ivory Coast, Abidjan.
Dehghani said that the main culprit for the spread of terrorist movements is Saudi Arabia, adding that “in the last 50 years the Saudi regime has directly sponsored terrorist activities at a cost of 87 billion dollars”.
“All this happens while the main countries of the world are reluctant to publish such reports and take a position because of their extremely advantageous military contracts with Saudi Arabia,” the Iranian official added.Dehghani claims that while Saudi Arabia is the main sponsor of takfiri ideologies, it is absurd to accuse Iran of sponsoring terrorism; “Riyadh’s statement is in total conflict with the spirit and principles of the OIC Charter.”
“Any support from OIC to Saudi rulers will only increase self-confidence and further advance extremist, violent, terrorist and sectarian policies among Muslim countries,” said Dehghani, warning that this trend will undermine and weaken unity Muslim. Dehghani also stressed that the credibility and efficiency of OIC have been severely damaged in recent years due to the unilateral measures of Saudi Arabia.
“The credibility of the OIC must be rebuilt, for this reason all the member states must first of all respect the regulations governing interactions in international institutions; secondly, they must avoid undemocratic practices, such as the approval of maximum documents and make decisions without respecting legal and democratic procedures; and third, to avoid resorting to illegal methods to silence others “.
