TEHRAN (Transatlantic Today) – Iran wants the conflict in Ukraine to conclude but believes the problem is caused by the US and other European policies, according to Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Khamenei said that the US’s “mafia regime” is responsible for several global issues, including the development of ISIL (ISIS) and intervening in other countries’ affairs by imposing regime shifts and installing pro-Western leaders.
Ukraine has been brought to its current condition as a “victim” of such measures, according to the supreme leader.
Governments and people worldwide should take 2 lessons from the Ukraine situation, according to Khamenei: the West is not trustworthy, and public support is crucial.
Support for administrations and leaders placed by Western countries is an illusion, he asserted, citing the botched departure of US-led Western troops from Afghanistan as the country succumbed to the Taliban as a piece of evidence.
Citizens are the ultimate crucial supporters for administrations, according to Khamenei, and the Ukrainian citizens might not be where they are today if they had completely backed their government.
According to Al Jazeera, initial Iranian statements to the Ukraine crisis were in accordance with the supreme leader’s position, primarily blaming the US-led NATO for the conflict.
Last week, President Ebrahim Raisi was one of the first foreign leaders to communicate with Russian President Vladimir Putin after the incursion of Ukraine.
Raisi informed Putin in his phone chat that NATO’s eastward expansion poses a “serious threat” to the stability and security of sovereign states.
Iran’s foreign ministry has also stated multiple times that the situation is “rooted in NATO,” but that it should be handled diplomatically.
During Raisi’s January trip to Russia, the two countries discussed the possible extension of bilateral relations and the extension of a 20-year partnership deal.
Russia is also a pivotal part of the months-long talks in Vienna to re-establish Iran’s 2015 nuclear agreement with international powers. The discussions appear to be nearing their conclusion.