The Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Saturday that his country does not recognize Israel as a principle of foreign policy.Speaking in an interview with the Al-Jazeera English network, Mottaki (pictured) who is still in New York, compared the ‘Zionist regime’ with the Apartheid regime of the South Africa.
Asked whether Israel could attack the Iranian nuclear sites, Mottaki said: "Israel could only make such a move with the US help as is not capable of launching any attack by itself." However, Tel Aviv will receive due response as Iran is neither Afghanistan nor Iraq, Mottaki stressed.
Referring to the progressing situation of Iraq's security during the past six months, he said no bilateral security pact was needed to be signed between Iraq and the US.
"The last six month's experience has proved that the Iraqi government is able to guarantee the country's security better than the Americans and that the American troops had better leave Iraq as soon as possible," Mottaki told Al-Jazeera.
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(Source: RI)