Iran’s Zarif Warns: Great Risk of War With Israel

• Iran’s Zarif Warns: Great Risk of War With Israel
  by Noa Landau and Reuters, via https://www.haaretz.com/
  Also speaking at Munich Security Conference, Qatari foreign minister says no ties with Israel until Palestinian issue resolved
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  Iran’s foreign minister accused Israel of looking for war and warned that its behavior and that of the United States was increasing the chances of a clash in the region. “Certainly, some people are looking for war … Israel,” Mohammad Javad Zarif said at the Munich Security Conference.
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  Accusing Israel of violating international law after bombing campaigns in Syria, Zarif also criticized European powers for not calling out Israel and the United States for their behavior in the region. Zarif accused Israel of violating Syria and Lebanon’s sovereignty.
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  Zarif also adressed Iran’s military presence in Syria, saying that the Islamic Republic was invited there by the Assad regime for one sole purpose: Fighting terror. “The risk (of war) is great. The risk will be even greater if you continue to turn a blind eye to severe violations of international law. Israeli behavior is putting international law on the shelf, U.S. behavior is putting international law on the shelf,” Zarif said.
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  Zarif, who said Iran was committed to a 2015 nuclear deal with world powers for now, also accused France, Britain and Germany of not doing enough to ensure Tehran received the economic benefits of that accord.
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