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Iran's Rouhani: Arab summit just show without political value
by Joseph Earnest May 22, 2017
Newscast Media TEHRAN—Iran's newly re-elected president has dismissed President Donald Trump's calls for the region to isolate Tehran. Peace in the Middle East could only be possible with Iran at the table, Rouhani said.
At a press conference on Monday, Iran's newly re-elected president, Hassan Rouhani, dismissed US President Donald Trump's weekend summit with Arab leaders, describing it as "just a show with no practical or political value of any kind."
Countering Trump's calls to isolate the Islamic Republic, Rouhani stressed that peace in the Middle East could not be achieved without Tehran's help.
"Who can say regional stability can be restored without Iran?" Rouhani said. "Who can say the region will experience total stability without Iran?"
In his speech on Islamic extremism on Sunday, Trump also singled out Tehran as an agent of terrorism.
"From Lebanon to Iraq to Yemen, Iran funds, arms and trains terrorists, militias and other extremist groups that spread destruction and chaos across the region," the US president said. "Until the Iranian regime is willing to be a partner for peace, all nations of conscience must work together to isolate it."
When asked how he forsaw his country's relations with the US, Rouhani said he hoped the Trump administration would "settle down" and try to understand his nation better. Add Comments>>
Source: Deutsche Welle
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