Iran adviser tells Iraq protests are a ‘plot against the whole region’

An adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader told Iraq’s former prime minister in a phone call that unrest in Iran was part of “a plot against the whole region,”Al-Alam reported on Tuesday.

Al-Alam, a news network affiliated with Iran, said the call was between Ali Akbar Velayati, senior adviser to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, and Nouri al-Maliki.

Velayati was quoted as saying: “Certainly you are aware of the recent events in Iran and the clear positions of the Supreme Leader on this matter. He sees the defeat of the United States at the hands of the Iranian people in this incident as a continuation of its previous defeats, and said the enemy launched this plot for larger goals, but the Iranian people thwarted it.”

Velayati added, according to Al-Alam: “With God’s help, as the Iranian nation broke the backbone of sedition, it must also break the backbone of the traitors. This event was not only against Iran but should be considered a plot against the whole region.”

He also said, as quoted by Al-Alam: “By God’s grace this plot was neutralized, but the fight against the Zionist regime and the United States will continue more seriously.”

Velayati was further reported as saying that Iran, Iraq, Hezbollah in Lebanon, Palestine and Ansarallah in Yemen would stand together against “all oppressors, especially the Zionists.”