Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday accused the U.S. of trying to create tensions between Iran and the Arabs, following an appeal from the Gulf Arab monarchies to the UN to "stop interference" in Iran their business.
"The United States seeks to sow discord between Shiites and Sunnis (...) They want to create tensions between Iran and Arabs but their plan will fail," said Ahmadinejad in a speech at the annual parade Army, broadcast by state television.
The day before, the six member countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC-Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, UAE, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman), headed by Sunni families, denounced the "interference by Iran," Country Shiite-majority in their business.
They called, following a meeting in Riyadh, the international community and the Security Council of the United Nations to "stop the Iranian interference and provocation hardcore, especially after the unrest in Bahrain.
"The Islamic Republic of Iran is the friend of all nations and wants development.I'm sure with the vigilance of the people and politicians and, I hope the governments of the region, this new conspiracy of arrogance (the United States, ed) will fail, "said Ahmadinejad.
"The pro-Zionist leaders in the U.S. trying to save the Zionist regime but they will not succeed," he added, reiterating that there would soon have a new "Middle East without the domination of the United States and without the Zionist regime. "
"The United States is not an honest friend. Experience has shown that they have fought their own friends who had sacrificed for them," he saidAhmadinejad, referring to the fall of the regimes of Presidents Hosni Mubarak and Tunisia Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
Iran is predominantly Shiite, while the Gulf Arab monarchies are mostly Sunni, with the exception of Bahrain, whose population is Shiite but is ruled by a Sunni dynasty.
Iranian officials have repeatedly condemned the sending of reinforcements to Saudi and UAE Bahrain to support the forces of that country to the suppression of protests led by Shiites in mid-February to mid-March.
The violence in Bahrain, officials said, 24 people including four policemen.Four protesters died in custody since the end of the protest movement.
According to Iranian media, the Iranian Foreign Minister, Ali Akbar Salehi, asked in a letter to Secretary General of the UN Security Council intervention to "stop the killing of the Bahraini population.
