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Tuesday, July 21, 2015
Top Iran aide: We still support Mideast ‘axis of resistance’
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA senior adviser to Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei says that Tehran’s foreign policy hasn’t changed, and it will continue to support the “axis of resistance” across the Middle East, despite signing on to last week’s nuclear accord.
Ali Akbar Velayati, who served as the Islamic Republic’s foreign minister for 15 years, also says that Iran will continue to produce missiles of all types, and that it may yet decide to reject the nuclear agreement, according to remarks translated by Iran’s Tasnim News Agency chief, Abas Aslani.
Although Velayati concedes that Iran will not strive to create WMDs and nuclear bombs, it will continue to manufacture weapons, he says.
Adviser to #Iran supreme leader Velayati: Iran's policies haven't changed & Tehran continues to support axis of resistance in the region.
— Abas Aslani (@AbasAslani) July 21, 2015
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