Iranian FM to Hezbollah Chief: Nuclear Deal Presents “Historic Opportunity” To

“And it is in the interest of all of us”, the Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said while addressing a joint news conference along with the Advisor to the Prime Minister on National Security and Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz in Islamabad on Thursday.

After four years in which diplomats made no headway towards peace, countries that support Assad and his opponents have been quietly discussing ways to end the war and tackle the common threat from IS.

The remarks were carried by Al-Manar, the television of the powerful Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah, which is supported by Iran.

Iran’s deal with world powers on its nuclear programme would provide a basis for cooperation with other regional states, Zarif added.

Iranian sources said the initiative came after Tehran’s consultations with regional players, such as Turkey, Qatar, – both main backers to the rebels – and members in the UN Security Council as well as Egypt.

The two Holocaust-deniers/revisionists discussed other issues, such as how to find a solution to the political crises in Lebanon, before Zarif met with Lebanese Prime Minister Tammam Salam.

Hezbollah S.G. and Zarif discussed latest developments in Lebanon and the region, the statement said.

Javad Zarif has called for unity in Muslim world and said no country, including India, can undermine the importance of Pakistan for Iran. He said there is “a new opportunity” for all the countries in the region to cooperate against “two regional enemies: The Zionist entity and extremism, terrorism and sectarianism”.

Together with regime forces, Hezbollah launched a fierce offensive last month to clear Zabadani of rebel groups.

After Lebanon, he headed to Damascus to continue his tour while stating that “Iran extends its hands to neighboring countries for cooperation”.

The rebel shelling, apparently meant to send a message that Mr Zarif was not welcome in Syria, began in the morning with more than 50 shells striking the capital, including in the upper-class neighbourhoods of Abu Rummaneh, Baramkeh and Qasaa.

The Iranian nuclear talks saw the first direct, top level diplomacy between Iran and Washington since Iranian revolutionaries stormed the US embassy in Tehran in 1979.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least 120 people were injured in the raids, several of them seriously, and that the death toll was likely to rise.