The Middle East Blame Game

Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif over the weekend blamed Saudi Arabia for destabilizing the Middle East – an accusation shot right back at Tehran by Arab League countries who said the Islamic Republic was responsible for “sowing sectarian strife.”

Zarif, writing Sunday in The New York Times, said Saudi Arabia has been responsible for increasing confrontation in the region out of fear that Iran’s normalizing ties with the rest of the world would expose Riyadh's "active sponsorship of violent extremism." He said last year’s completion of a deal to curb his country’s nuclear ambitions in exchange for sanctions relief brought the hope that nations would be free to focus on “the serious challenge of extremism that is ravaging our region – and the world.”

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