Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a telephone conversation has
asked the United Nations chief to stop U.S. and Europe "intervention" in
the region, the website of his office reported Monday.
"The intervention of some European countries and America in
the regional nations increases concern and makes circumstances more
complicated," Ahmadinejad was quoted as telling U.N. Secretary General
Ban Ki-moon.
The website said the Iranian president told the U.N.
secretary-general to prevent "catastrophes" as occurred in Afghanistan
and Iraq happening in the region.
"The time has come for the secretary-general of the United
Nations to play the historical and decisive role in solving the existing
issues based on dialogue and understanding so the catastrophes which
occurred in Afghanistan and Iraq do not happen again," Ahmadinejad said.
"The double standard action of the Western countries in
Bahrain and Libya and their silence towards the atrocities of the
Zionist regime against the innocent Palestinians shows their
contradictory performance in the world."
His call came a day after Tehran blamed rising tensions
between the Islamic republic and Gulf Arab states on a "Western and
Zionist conspiracy."
"Sowing discord between Islamic countries, especially between
Iran
and the countries of the region, is a Western and Zionist conspiracy,"
Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said Sunday,
according to state media.