Zarif: Iran pays money for its foreign policy . and iran support terrorist.Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif admitted that his country pays militias and armed groups, in addition to the political forces that it owes loyalty to.

 Zarif: Iran pays money for its foreign policy . and iran support terrorist.Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif admitted that his country pays militias and armed groups, in addition to the political forces that it owes loyalty to.

He said during an interview with the reformist newspaper “Etimad”, today, Saturday, when asked about what a Palestinian Hamas official said that former Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani handed him 9 facts that include $ 22 million in 2006: “Yes, we are paying the money, but this is It does not mean that the kind of relationship we enjoy with friends in the region as proxies for Iran ”.

Zarif claimed that “what Iran is doing in providing financial support to groups loyal to it in the region, it is not buying mercenaries, and this is the difference between us and others,” noting that “he does not know how much money Iran is spending on the pro-forces in the region.”

He added: “Buying mercenaries does not succeed, but Iran always pays for foreign policy, and we did not try to expand our influence,” indicating: “We are one of the many countries that provide development aid, for example we built the parliaments of Comoros and Djibouti during the previous period, and in many From countries we built clinics and hospitals and we have development projects. The United States, China, and even Turkey spend a lot of money abroad, and some of this money is aid for political parties and groups, which is what many countries do overtly or covertly.

The prominent leader of the Palestinian Hamas movement, Mahmoud al-Zahar, indicated, in late December, during a television interview, to his first meeting with General Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in an American raid in early 2020, and how he was received from him in 2006 by order of the President Former Iranian Ahmadinejad distributed a whopping sum spread over 9 bags, adding that the sum was $ 22 million.

A limited role in regional politics
During the interview, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif admitted his limited role in shaping the country's regional policy, adding: “I had a bigger and broader role in drafting policies for the nuclear agreement that was concluded in 2015 with international powers.”
He explained, "I have a more limited role in shaping regional policy, and I personally paid the tax of negotiation with the United States of America in the previous stage," noting: "I hope that I will not be Minister of Foreign Affairs in the next stage."
With regard to the future of the nuclear deal with the arrival of the administration of US President Joe Biden to power, Zarif said: “Our message to the Biden team should not be looking for concessions as we are,” indicating that “the Supreme Leader (Ali Khamenei) believed that the nuclear negotiations were the beginning of a test. For the intentions of the United States, if it succeeds, then we can negotiate with other files and issues.

Yesterday, in an article with the American Foreign Affairs magazine, Zarif said, “If sanctions against Iran are not lifted, until next February, we will raise the level of uranium enrichment and restrict international inspections of nuclear sites in accordance with a law passed by the Iranian parliament, in October. Last November. ”
On January 4, Iran began the process of enriching uranium up to 20% in its underground nuclear facilities.