US President Barack Obama said on Saturday that he had decided to launch a military attack against Syria for its alleged use of chemical weapons and now seeks congressional consent for the move, which will debate the issue when lawmakers return from recess on September 9.
Iran’s Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan says Tehran had given the US information about the import of a chemical nerve agent to Syria by militants eight months ago.
“Threats of a military strike under the pretext of using chemical weapons in Syria come as [the US] ignored Iran’s warnings about Sarin gas being taken to Syria eight months ago and [thereby] practically paved the way for chemical attacks in Syria,” Dehqan said on Monday
“Therefore, [the US] wants [to launch] limited strikes in order to rebuild the shattered morale of terrorists [in Syria], weaken the operational capability of the Syrian armed forces and change the balance of operation in the favor of Takfiris,” he added.
He said that the US currently does not have the necessary operational capabilities to use military force and create strategic balance in Syria.
The Iranian minister said US disregard for international demands to avoid violence and militarism and use approaches based on dialog and reconciliation to settle crises prove that peaceful and reconciliatory slogans of the US officials lack truth.
He underlined the need for an inclusive political solution to the crisis in Syria and said “Sowing the seeds of warmongering and violence has never resulted in lasting peace and security.”
US President Barack Obama said on Saturday that he had decided to launch a military attack against Syria for its alleged use of chemical weapons and now seeks congressional consent for the move. Lawmakers will debate the issue upon return from recess on September 9.
The call for military action against Syria intensified after foreign-backed opposition forces accused the government of President Bashar al-Assad of launching a chemical attack on militant strongholds in the suburbs of Damascus on August 21.
Damascus has vehemently denied the accusations, saying the chemical attack was carried out by the militants themselves as a false-flag operation.
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Comments (13)
Farhad
If this is true, full detail of it should be presented in a news conference at UN, including who in the US was presented with this facts. All news media should be invited. This is the "smoking gun" that the whole Syria use of chemical weapons is a set up. Rating3
Kooh
Does Iran and the US exchange information ? and if the answer is yes, since when? Rating6
Good Judgementin reply to Kooh
IR gave this information through Swiss officials 8 months ago and Swiss foreign ministry confirmed this. Iran had a good judgement and could forecast what is about to happen. US is afraid if this info becomes more public. The so called Red Line the man has set himself, is another Trap set
Far Eastin reply to Kooh
Nowadays, all US and Western ugly moves on putting their interest on other countries are predictable. False flag operations are also predictable. Iran did not communicate with US directly but informed the US for few future reasons...such as...Not to blame Assad, to downgrade the effect of false flag (CW is being used), to check-mate the US strategies, to tell the whole world that President Bashar Assad is clear from crime of chemical attack to his people,...many more. The most importance thing is that it sent a clear subtle message to the US..."Iran knows about US ugly initiatives in Syria" Rating2
christianin reply to Kooh
no they dont. the reason for this is because iranian intelligence knew about the false flag which has zionist turkish and wahhabi paw prints all over it. america killed 100s of 1000s in iraq and afghanistan and used depleted uranium which is causing birth defects and illnesses in iraq for generations. america also gave chemicals to sadam to use against iran. america also nuked japan. hypocrites! all this war rhetoric is to please the illegal entity
Poster Comment:
Be intere4sting to see if the West's Jews media carries this story.
