Dubai
\nIranian President Hassan Rouhani predicted a \u201cdeluge\u201d of drugs, refugees and attacks on the West if US sanctions weaken Iran\u2019s ability to contain them.<\/p>\n
\u201cI warn those who impose sanctions that if Iran\u2019s ability to fight drugs and terrorism are affected … you will not be safe from a deluge of drugs, asylum seekers, bombs and terrorism,\u201d Rouhani said in a speech carried live on state television.<\/p>\n
Separately, Foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif was quoted as saying that the United States is selling more arms into the Middle East than the region needs, making it a \u201ctinderbox\u201d.<\/p>\n
US President Donald Trump pulled the United States out of a multilateral nuclear deal with Iran in May and reimposed sanctions on Iran\u2019s vital oil industry last month.<\/p>\n
Drug trafficking is a serious challenge for Iran as it borders Afghanistan the world\u2019s largest opium producer and Pakistan, a major transit country for drugs.<\/p>\n
In 2012, Iran accounted for two thirds of the world\u2019s opium seizures and one fourth of the world\u2019s heroin and morphine seizures, a UN report published in 2014 showed.<\/p>\n
\u201cEconomic terrorism means creating horror in a country and create fear in other countries that intend to invest .<\/p>\n
America\u2019s withdrawal from the is undoubtedly a clear example of economic terrorism,\u201d Rouhani told a meeting of heads of parliaments of China, Russia, and four other countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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