Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad-Ali Hosseini here on Sunday dismissed the recent allegations by Robert Gates saying such remarks are "interference in domestic affairs of the regional states."
Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad-Ali Hosseini here on Sunday dismissed the recent allegations by Robert Gates saying such remarks are "interference in domestic affairs of the regional states."
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates defended Israel's nuclear program on Saturday, saying the Jewish state did not seek to destroy its neighbors or support terrorism.
Asked at the Manama Dialogue conference whether he thought Israel's nuclear programme posed a threat to the region, Gates replied: "No, I do not."
"Such remarks have targeted the regional solidarity," Hosseini told reporters during his weekly press briefing.
However he added that such measures could not result in disintegration of the regional states.
Asked about absence of Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki at Manama confab, he said, "Mr Mottaki had planned to attend the conference but due to his intensive works in Tehran, he could not participate in the gathering."
