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Iran warns Arab states not to normalise relations with Israel

February 23, 2017 at 2:00 pm

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani warned Arab countries yesterday not to be enticed by Israeli attempts to find allies in the Arab world.

“The occupying regime, in an attempt to normalise its situation, has for the first time referred to certain Arab countries as its allies against the resistance front instead of describing them as its enemies,” Rouhani said at the closing session at the 6th International Conference in Support of the Palestinian Intifada in Tehran.

The Tel Aviv regime “claims that most of the Arab countries are not the enemies of Zionism or opposed to occupation anymore, but that they share the same phobia about resistance,” Rouhani added.

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The Iranian president called on the countries of the region to remain vigilant in the face of Israeli plots, and said the Muslim world needs to clarify its position on the issue of Israel’s efforts to normalise its ties with Arab countries

Rouhani’s remarks appear to be in response to improved relations between Israel and a number of Arab states that view Iran as a regional threat and a destabilising force.