Rouhani says group behind parade attack financed by Gulf states

Rouhani says group behind parade attack financed by Gulf states
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani accused the United States of being a "bully" that wants to create insecurity in the Islamic Republic, a day after an attack on a military parade that killed 29 people, including 12 members of the country’s elite Revolutionary Guards.

Speaking before leaving Tehran to attend the UN General Assembly in New York, Rouhani accused US-backed Gulf Arab states of providing financial and military support for anti-regime ethnic Arab groups.

On Saturday, (Sept 22),gunmen disguised as soldiers attacked an annual military parade in the southwest Iranian city of Ahvaz, killing 29 and wounding dozens of people, Iranian regime TV reported. 12 of those killed are reported to be members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps.

With respect to missile program, Rouhani vowed that Tehran will not abandon its missiles, despite US pressure.

Rouhani made the remark in a speech carried live by state television that marked the start of the 1980-88 Iran Iraq war.

"Iran will not abandon its defensive weapons...including its missiles that make America so angry," Rouhani said.

Iran has ballistic missiles with a range of up to 3,500 kilometers, enough to reach both Israel and US bases in the Middle East.

Iran’s missile program was cited by US President Donald Trump when he withdrew the United States from a 2015 deal between Iran and world powers under which Tehran agreed to curb its nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief.

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