New Delhi, March 5 -- Iran's Ambassador to India, Mohammad Fathali, on Thursday strongly criticised the United States and Israel, accusing them of deliberately igniting a war during ongoing negotiations and destabilising the wider West Asian region.
His remarks come amid rapidly escalating hostilities between Iran and the US-Israel alliance, including the sinking of the Iranian naval frigate IRIS Dena in the Indian Ocean, an incident Tehran has condemned as "an atrocity at sea."Blaming Washington and Tel Aviv for triggering the conflict, Ambassador Fathali asserted that both countries are fully aware of Iran's strategic and geographical position.
Describing Israel as the "Zionist regime," the envoy said the intention of Israel is to destr...