Tabnak – While the United States is repeating its failed attempts to form an international anti-Iran coalition, Iranian foreign minister is in German city of Munich for high-level meetings with the world officials. In an interview at the sidelines of the event, the minister warns the US that any military action against Iran would be “suicidal” for Washington.
According to Press TV, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has warned the United States and its allies that it would be "suicidal" to go to a war with Iran.
Zarif, who is in Germany to attend the 55th Munich Security Conference (MSC) 2019, made the remarks in a wide-ranging exclusive interview with NBC News on Friday when asked if there would be a war between Iran, the US and Israel.
He said the "same gang" behind the US invasion of Iraq in 2003 were "at it again" in pushing for war with Iran.
"I'm not saying [US] President [Donald] Trump's administration, I'm saying people in President Trump’s administration are trying to create the same eventually and I believe they will fail," the Iranian foreign minister said.
"But I think at the end of the day, some sense will prevail and people will find out that it's suicidal to engage in a war with Iran."
The top Iranian diplomat further said Washington has a "pathological obsession" with Tehran and added, "Iran is different from other countries. The United States is used to dealing with countries that rely on outside as their source of legitimacy [and] as their source of strength."
However, he emphasized, Iran has survived for 40 years in spite of the US pressure and not with its support.
Elsewhere in the interview, Zarif once again expressed Iran's objection to the idea of renegotiating the landmark Iran nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
President Trump withdrew Washington in May from the Iran nuclear agreement, reached between Iran and the P5+1 group of countries in 2015, and decided to re-impose unilateral sanctions against Tehran.
Pointing to Iran's attempt to launch a satellite last month that failed to reach orbit, Zarif said it was possible the failure was due to Washington's sabotage campaign as suggested by a New York Times report this week.
He added that Iran had already been investigating these failures but was now "looking into the specifics" after the story in The Times. "It's quite possible. We don't know yet. We need to look into it very carefully," the Iranian foreign minister said.
The New York Times reported on Wednesday that the Trump administration had reportedly revived a secret plan to sabotage Iran’s ballistic missiles as part of its broader plan to weaken the Islamic Republic’s military might and harm its economy.
