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Wednesday, January 20, 2016
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Wednesday, January 20, 2016
Zarif names jihadi groups, and not Israel, as world’s enemies
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleZarif, speaking at a press conference in Davos, calls on the world to unite around the common enemy — Islamic State, al-Qaeda and the al-Nusra Front (an al-Qaeda offshoot) — but tellingly leaves Israel off his axis of evil.
He also downplays the amount of domestic opposition to the nuclear deal by the hard-line Revolutionary Guard in Iran, and slams Saudi Arabia for its efforts against the agreement.
Quashing rumors of a secret meeting with Saudi counterpart Prince al-Turki, he says Riyadh spent millions in Congress to try to torpedo the deal.
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