Iran Press/ America: Speaking at the United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) 2019 summit on Wednesday, Mike Pompeo called on all countries to stand with the US alongside Israel, announcing new sanctions against Iran and wrongly blaming Tehran for backing 'terrorist groups'.
The summit was being held on the sidelines of the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, which is reported to be dominated by terrorist groups such as the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) terrorist group.
A senior official from Saudi Arabia, Israel, and Bahrain also took part in the anti-Iran meeting.
Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir who gave a speech in the summit also accused Iran of terrorism and of being behind the recent Yemeni-claimed attack on Saudi Arabia's oil facilities, an allegation firmly rejected by Tehran.
Saudi Arabia has forged close links with separatist and terrorist groups seeking to operate in Iran, most notably the MKO. In May 2017, Saudi Arabia, under Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, pledged to take 'the battle' to Iran.
Washington, which had labeled the MKO as a terror organization until dropping the designation in 2012, has also considerably stepped up support for the group and other like-minded terror organization targeting Iran.
Earlier this week, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi described the UANI as an American 'cover organization' closely tied to terror groups, adding that Tehran would consider blacklisting the UANI as a terrorist group.
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