{"id":11893,"date":"2017-12-04T11:53:34","date_gmt":"2017-12-04T11:53:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/punjabnews24.com\/?p=11893"},"modified":"2017-12-04T11:53:34","modified_gmt":"2017-12-04T11:53:34","slug":"irans-rouhani-calls-for-middle-east-dialogue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/irans-rouhani-calls-for-middle-east-dialogue\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran\u2019s Rouhani calls for Middle East \u2018dialogue\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Sunday that Middle Eastern countries should solve their problems together without relying on external powers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe believe that if there is a problem in the region, it can be solved through dialogue,\u201d Rouhani said in a speech at the opening of a port in the southeastern city of Chabahar, broadcast by state television.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe do not need arms nor the intervention of foreign powers. We can solve our problems ourselves through unity and dialogue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rouhani\u2019s comments follow an escalation in the bitter rivalry between Shiite-ruled Iran and Saudi Arabia\u2019s Sunni monarchy.<\/p>\n<p>The two powers back opposing groups throughout the region &#8212; notably in Syria and Yemen &#8212; and Saudi leaders have lately stepped up efforts to counter Iran\u2019s growing influence, raising fears of further conflict.<\/p>\n<p>But Rouhani said recent victories against the Islamic State group opened the way for the Middle East to move past its reputation for \u201cwar and conflict between Shiite and Sunni&#8230; and the presence and interventions of foreign powers\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Saudi Arabia and Iran\u2019s critics in the West have accused Tehran of seeking to dominate the region at the expense of its neighbours.<\/p>\n<p>Rouhani said: \u201cNo country can claim to be the superior power in this region. Just as the superpowers couldn\u2019t accomplish that either.\u201d<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Sunday that Middle Eastern countries should solve their problems together without relying on external powers. \u201cWe believe that if there is a problem in the region, it can be solved through dialogue,\u201d Rouhani said in a speech at the opening of a port in the southeastern city of Chabahar, broadcast [&hellip;]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11894,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[87],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11893"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11893\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11895,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11893\/revisions\/11895"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}