Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, told a UN Security Council meeting that he was revealing classified information about Iran to convey what he claimed are Iran’s plans to dominate Syria, destroy Israel and “terrorize the entire free world.”
“Iran is turning the entire country of Syria into the largest military base in the world. In fact, Iran is trying to destabilize all aspects of Syria,” Danon said.
Danon also criticized the international agreement that eased sanctions on Tehran in return for curbs on its nuclear program, and implied that European nations now doing business with Iran are enabling its aggression.
Iran’s goals, Danon said, are, “first, destroy Israel … second … destabilize the region.” But after that, Danon said, “it is aiming for the entire world. The entire international community should be concerned about Iran.” Even though Iran is targeting Israel first, the Israeli envoy said, “it is you who are next.”
Iran’s ambassador to the UN pushed back, alleging that the US and Israel are responsible for the region’s destabilization.
The “US and the Israeli regime prefer to resort, promote and spread Iran-phobia and this has become a kind of ongoing obsession and hysteria for them,” Ambassador Gholamali Khoshroo said. “We have heard them today and in course of this debate and in recent months. This hysteria is being actively perpetuated by those willing to sell or spend their dollars on American ‘beautiful weapons.’ It has nothing to do with peace and security in the Middle East.”
Khoshroo also pointed to Israel’s settlement construction in the Palestinian territories as well as its suspected nuclear and chemical weapons programs.
“Surprisingly and shamelessly, this regime seeks the sympathy by claiming that it is in fact the one, and not the Palestinians, that is under threat,” Khoshroo said. “No political theater may hide Israeli policies of incremental aggressive … expansion and its behavior towards its neighbors as the main source of threat to the peace and security in this region,” he said.
