Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abollahian on Thursday (November 17th) accused Israel and Western intelligence services of "
planning
" a civil war in Iran.
The Islamic Republic has been rocked by a wave of protests since the September 16 death in custody of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurd, arrested by vice squad for violating Iran's strict dress code.
"Destruction and disintegration of Iran
"
Israel, "
intelligence services and some Western politicians have planned a war accompanied by the destruction and disintegration of Iran
", said Hossein Amir-Abollahian in a tweet posted Thursday, the day after a double attack in two cities of Iran which killed ten people.
“
They should know that Iran is neither Libya nor Sudan.
Today, the enemies target Iran's integrity and Iranian identity.
But the wisdom of our people thwarted their plan
,” he added.
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According to the Fars news agency, General Hossein Salami, head of the Revolutionary Guards, Iran's ideological army, for his part declared in Qom: “
We are now witnessing a political positioning on the world stage
”.
"
The United States, England, Germany, France, Israel, Saudi Arabia and their allies are preparing to fight God, his prophet and the martyrs
," he said.
"
This is a huge conspiracy against the nation and some people inside the country have become puppets of the enemy to destroy the Iranian nation
," he added.
Ten people, including a woman and two children, as well as a police officer, were killed on Wednesday in Iran in two separate motorcycle attacks, in Khuzestan and Isfahan.
