Iran accuses West of turning blind eye to atrocities in BahrainApril 25, 2011 - 15:08 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council has said that Western countries are trying “to divert regional nations’ revolutionary movements from the right path.” SNSC Secretary Saeed Jalili made the remarks in Tehran on Sunday, April 24 during a speech at a meeting on regional developments, which was attended by a number of Iranian ambassadors to foreign countries and other Foreign Ministry officials. ”The popular uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa have not been to the benefit of Western countries, so regional nations should remain vigilant about the Westerners’ plots to hijack or redirect their movements,” he said. Elsewhere in his remarks, Jalili criticized the Western countries “for adopting double-standard and contradictory approaches toward the blatant violation of human rights in Bahrain.” On Saturday, Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi also criticized the West for turning a blind eye to the atrocities being committed in Bahrain. “They are insulting the intelligence of the people by taking such positions. How can they close their eyes to the desecration of religious sites and the mistreatment of children and women?” Salehi said, Tehran Times reported. Top stories Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". Partner news | Police try to impede Armenian Church head’s access to war memorial Police tried to stop the supreme head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Catholicos Karekin II, from visiting a war memorial. Greece says ready to help as Armenia fights flooding consequences Greece is ready to assist Armenia in combatting the consequences of deadly floods in the country’s north. “He will leave”: Protest leader no longer demands meeting with Pashinyan Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan no longer demands a meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Lemkin Institute petition seeks release of Armenians in Azerbaijan The Lemkin Institute is deeply concerned about the continued illegal detention of political prisoners from Karabakh in Azerbaijan. |