US and allies should cease their hypocritical absurdities about Iran's missiles and regional “behavior”, wrote Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a tweet on Thursday.
His tweet was accompanied by attached images of charts displaying data on Persian Gulf military spending in 2017, with Saudi Arabia leading with a volume of $70 billion, and Iran a little over $10 billion.
The charts also include one displaying arms exports to Saudi Arabia, with the US contributing to 61% of the total amount, followed by UK with 23%.
Zarif maintained that “facts speak for themselves,” adding “it's they who sell $100s of billions in arms to butcher Yemenis & it's they & their clients—NOT Iran—who're responsible for miseries from Saddam to ISIS.”
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