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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian in a press conference on January 19 asserted that the US and the West are responsible for the serious situation in the Middle East.

The conflict in the Middle East was caused by the Western powers’ ambition to plunder rich natural resources, including oil and gas, from the region, he said, disclosing that to this end the Western countries want people in the region to keep fighting among themselves.

He said that the US and the West made the Mideast situation unstable and have tried to shift the blame for it onto Iran and are still inciting Israel to massacre in the Gaza Strip.

While turning a blind eye to the tragic humanitarian crisis in Gaza, the US and the West talk about “human rights”, “democracy”, “stability” and “peace” in the UN and other international arenas, he decried.