Russia condemns interference, incitement, threats of force against Iran: Envoy

Key Highlights

• leadership has gone as far as openly calling for the takeover of state institutions of Iran and threats to assist the protesters.
• “Such statements amount to nothing other than incitement to violently overthrow the constitutional order of a sovereign state,” said the ambassador.
• “What is happening in Iran is yet another example of the use of tried and tested methods for a color revolution in which specially trained armed provocateurs transform peaceful protests into senseless violence,” said Nebenzia.
• “As we have already seen repeatedly in a number of states, all these actions are either directed or supported by external forces that are interested in a so-called regime change,” he noted.
• The ambassador said that the United States and its “cheerleaders” are actively exploiting the economic and social difficulties faced by ordinary Iranians — caused by unlawful sanctions imposed on Iran by Western states — to inflame public tensions and destabilize the domestic political situation.