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Zarif: Netanyahu meets same fate of anti-Iran co-conspirators in history’s dustbin

Thursday, 03 June 2021 6:09 PM [ Last Update: Thursday, 03 June 2021 6:12 PM ]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and former US national security advisor John Bolton (File photo by AFP)

Iran’s foreign minister has reacted to recent political developments in the occupied Palestinian territories, which have practically brought Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s 12-year term in office to an end, noting that he has joined other anti-Iran hawkish figures in the “dustbin of history.”

Zarif made the remarks in a Thursday tweet, comparing Netanyahu’s fate to that of other major anti-Iran figures in the US, who were the Israeli PM’s close allies in his plots against Tehran, including former US President Donald Trump, his former national security advisor John Bolton, and his secretary of state Mike Pompeo.

“Netanyahu has joined the disgraceful journey of his anti-Iran co-conspirators—Bolton, Trump and Pompeo—into the dustbin of history,” Iran’s foreign minister said.

Zarif asserted that Iran continues to stand tall, pointing out that the same fate has been repeated for Iranians’ ill-wishers over several millennia, adding, "Time to change course."

Netanyahu has joined the disgraceful journey of his anti-Iran co-conspirators—Bolton, Trump and Pompeo—into the dustbin of history.

Iran continues to stand tall.

This destiny has been repeated over several millennia for all those wishing Iranians harm.

Time to change course.
— Javad Zarif (@JZarif) June 3, 2021

Netanyahu on Thursday took to Twitter to attack the move to unseat him, saying “all legislators elected by votes from the right must oppose this dangerous left-wing government.”

This came after centrist politician Yair Lapid's announcement, about 35 minutes before a Wednesday night deadline, that he had succeeded in clinching a coalition to unseat the incumbent Israeli premier.

Under the deal, former Israeli minister of military affairs Naftali Bennett would become prime minister and hand over the post to Lapid, a former TV host and finance minister, in about two years.

Biden following in Trump’s footsteps, time to abandon pressure policy: Zarif

Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif slams the administration of US President Joe Biden for upholding the same pressure policy of his predecessor.

Back in 2015, Netanyahu strongly opposed the Iran nuclear agreement, which was inked on July 14 of that year, between Tehran and six world powers, including the US, France, Britain, Germany, Russia and China.

In May 2018, he threw his weight behind the Trump administration’s withdrawal from the nuclear deal, called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), and its aggressive policy toward Iran, including a so-called maximum pressure campaign.

As Netanyahu’s term comes to an end, efforts are underway in Vienna to revive the JCPOA and bring the US back into compliance with the deal under the Joe Biden administration.

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