An Iranian lawmaker dismissed the Arab states entry to the country's nuclear dispute, Iran's official IRNA news agency reported on Sunday.
The lawmaker Hossein Sobhani-Nia, who is also the member of Iran's Parliament (Majlis) National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, said Arab states' involvement in Iran's nuclear issue is the U.S. policy and cannot solve the problem.
"The United States is seeking to introduce Iran as a threat to Arab states," he said, adding that "The plan on Arabs' entry to Iran's nuclear dispute will just complicate the issue."
Leading international efforts to resolve Iran's nuclear issue, the six nations of the United States, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany held a closed-door ministerial meeting at UN Headquarters on Dec. 16 with the representatives of some Arab countries in the Middle East region.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on the following day that Arab countries are not ready to fully support the United States and Israel over Tehran's nuclear issue.
"Certain forces made efforts to make some Arab leaders confront the nuclear rights of Iran and some other demands of the Iranian nation," IRNA quoted Khamenei as saying.
"This is the most that the enemy can do but these Arab states have their own reservations and are not ready to be fully in the service of the United States and the Zionists to confront Iran," he stressed.
The United States and its allies have accused Iran of trying to develop nuclear weapons under the cover of a civilian nuclear program. Iran denies the charges and insists that its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes only.
To date, the UN Security Council has adopted three resolutions slapping sanctions and urging the Islamic Republic to suspend uranium enrichment activities.
Source:Xinhua
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