Tehran 10 January_Iran's foreign minister says US threats to target landmarks important to the Iranian culture are an imitation of the Daesh terrorist group's razing of the regional countries' cultural heritage.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club(YJC)-The US "seeks to emulate the war crimes of Daesh, menacing the cultural heritage of the millennia-old civilization of Iran," Mohammad Javad Zarif wrote in a speech addressing a United Nations Security Council meeting of Thursday.
The remarks were read during the UN Security Council session by Iran's Ambassador to the UN Majid Takht-Ravanchi after the US did not issue a visa in a clear violation of its international obligations for Zarif to attend the meeting.
Last week, US President Trump threatened to attack Iran's "cultural sites" in response to any Iranian retaliation of Washington's assassination of the Middle East's most prominent anti-terror commander General Qassem Soleimani last Friday.
After Iran's missile strikes on two US bases in Iraq on Wednesday, Trump backed down on his threats and offered negotiations with the Islamic Republic.
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