21.12.2012, 17:24
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By JOANNA PARASZCZUK12/20/2012 18:24
Tensions between Iran, Gulf states continue to flare amid inflammatory accusations by Tehran over 'toxic gas,' arms buys.
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Comments that Iran’s deputy foreign minister made Tuesday sparked the latest diplomatic spat with Bahrain, after Hossein Amir-Abdollahian accused the Sunni-ruled island country of using “toxic gas” to suppress Shi’ite protesters.
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Maj.-Gen. Yahya Rahim Safavi, an adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and a former Revolutionary Guards commander, accused Gulf states this week of spending billions of dollars on arms to carry out a “US and Israeli plot,” according to Iran’s state media. However, Safavi did not elaborate on what that plot might entail.
“We warn smaller countries that petrodollars cannot make them play key roles in the region,” he warned.
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