Moscow: No Convincing Evidence Exists on Iran's Alleged Role in Attack against Aramco

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TEHRAN (FNA)- Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that there is no convincing evidence in the UN report which proves allegations on Iran's role in attacks against Saudi Aramco oil fields.

There is no convincing evidence in a UN report on Iran's alleged involvement in attack on Saudi oil fields, Zakharova told a weekly news conference in Moscow on Wednesday.

The staff at the United Nations Secretariat based on whom the UN Secretary-General's report on Iran's involvement in the attack on Saudi oil facilities has been compiled were not allowed to do so, the Russian diplomat said.

She said that three European countries tried to launch a trigger mechanism last January based on baseless information about Iran, but the Joint Commission of the JCPOA did not approve the move.

In relevant remarks on Saturday, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said the claims about Iran-made missiles attacking Aramco are unfounded, adding that the US and Israel have always tried to demonize Iran.

Zarif made the remarks in a live interview on Instagram.

Over the past 40 years, the US and Israel have always been trying to show Iran as a threat to the world security, he said.

Iranian governments have always tried to have interaction with the world which in my opinion is a correct policy though it has opponents, Zarif added.

“There is a term in international relations that if you don't have a good relationship with a country, make it difficult for the whole world and tell it that this country has a security problem for you,” Iran’s top diplomat noted.

Meantime, Iran's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Majid Takht Ravanchi categorically dismissed a recent report by the UN Secretariat on the implementation of the Security Council Resolution 2231 as full of serious flaws, describing the allegations as a fallacy.

"Iranian origin of arms is a fallacy. UN secretariat lacks capacity, expertise & knowledge to conduct investigations," Takht Ravanchi wrote on his Twitter account in reaction to the report by the UN Secretariat on Saturday.

"It seems the US-with its history of Iran-bashing -sits in the driver's seat to shape UN assessments," he added.