Those bowing to walls not expected to respect bridges: Iran Pres.

'The person who has humiliated civilizations cannot be expected to be the guardian of the common grounds of civilization,' President Hassan Rouhani.

President Rouhani said, “A country that has started a trade war with China, uses sarcastic tones with Pakistan, humiliates Afghanistan, punishes Turkey, threatens Russia and imposes sanctions against Iran, is the prime suspect for breaking the bonds.”

He also said, “If the US thinks that it can break us apart, it is gravely mistaken, and we are here to say it out loud that we will not tolerate this insolence, and we will stand against them”.

President Rouhani said, “We, the children of great civilizations, are subject to a full-scale assault that not only poses a threat to our identity and independence, but also is determined to break our long-standing bonds”.

The president also said, “Where the United States contributes to the annihilation of societies, we will not let it escape its expenses and destruction.”

He added that the world is suffering from complicated challenges, including climate change, economic crises, underdevelopment, invasion and war, poverty and hunger, unilateralism, extremism and terrorism.

As the biggest victim of terrorism, the Islamic Republic of Iran, since establishment in 1979, has suffered huge causalities and property damage. The killing of 72 members of parliament and government officials (1981), the assaination of Iran's president and prime minister (1981), and more than 17,000 people since the Islamic Revolution by terror groups that are supported by the US and the West, terror attacks on Ahvaz and Chabahar in the past few days are among them, he said. 
'Today, security is wider than before; it includes economic, cultural, political, social, psychological security and disruption in each can be defined as terrorism,' said President Rouhani.

US's withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), also known as Iran Deal, and reimposing sanctions on Iran, with the cooperation of its economic partners are an example of terrorism,' he said.

'Our region is at a critical juncture in history today. The juncture at which global terrorists, extremists and lawbreakers are seeking to start a vortex of terrorism, poverty, sanctions, crises, assassination and coups, from Pakistan to Iran, from Afghanistan to Russia and from China to Turkey,' Rouhani said. 

'They do not want us to gather, talk, sit together and be sympathetic and empathetic; but they need to know that we are determined to join hands in overcoming this common enemy; but what this victory requires is that we should all have a responsibility in drying out the roots of violence. Our success requires continuous and tireless resolve in finding the roots of degeneration and collective effort for drying out these roots. Poverty, corruption and inequality are among the most important root causes of terrorist violence in this region.'

'It is in an underdeveloped atmosphere where different kinds of crime, smuggling, money laundering and terrorism join together and destroy human security in societies. The voice of the peoples of the region is being heard clearly, who say, “War and bloodshed is enough; displacement, poverty, famine, putting up walls, killing neighbors, hatred and grudge, backwardness and discrimination, boycott and humiliation are enough. Women and girls have had enough of slavery and deprivation of education and employment. Children are sick and tired of being displaced and not having something to wear; cities and villages do not want to tolerate explosion and fire and destruction anymore”'.

Saying that political and military interference do not let societies follow their natural growth process and find their own solutions to confronting discords and problems, he said, 'Those who sow the seeds of discord and hatred harvest rancor and violence. We need to think about how we can stop those who are willingly spending billions of dollars of oil incomes for deepening discords and proliferating intolerance; we need to stand up to those who interfere and bully in order to leave terror and assassination unsupported.'

The president added that it is coordination and cooperation that create security; 'to confront the common threats that do not recognize any boundary and territory, we need to take a new approach towards boundary and territory. We need to have more flexible governances that are more compatible with fair division of labor against our common threats.'

'If we want to put an end to the flow of refugees, we need to harness violence and war. If we wish to defeat terrorism, we need to fight dirty money, and to wage such a war, we need to support each other’s effectiveness of governance until a point that no room is left for evil.'

Saying that Iran spends 800 million dollars a year to fight drug trafficking, which helps the US, Europe and Africa's health, he added, 'Let there be a small hole in this dam, and there will be a catastrophe.'

Iran has spent hundreds of millions of dollars and sacrificed hundreds of security forces in fight against violence and extremism, President Rouhani said.

'Without Iran, the region would have witnessed the emergence and empowerment of the savage government of Daesh (ISIS) in a vast area. The fruit of such attempts is security for people, regardless of their nationality, ethnicity and religion throughout the world.'

'We do not expect the West to pay their share in return for their security and stability we have provided for them, but they should know that putting sanctions on Iran will harm our ability to fight narcotics and terrorism.' 

President Rouhani warned the sanctioners that if Iran's ability to fight narcotics and terrorism diminished, they will not be able to resist the rush of drugs, refugees, bombs and terror. 

'If they don’t believe us, they had better look at the map.'