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The tycoon-turned-president also claimed that the Iranian government, which is now led by moderate President Hassan Rouhani, "speaks openly of mass murder" and vows death to Israel and the US.
Iran is expected to host an worldwide conference on dusts and sandstorms in early July, a United Nations official told Trend.
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) Iran's newly re-elected President Hassan Rouhani took barbed swipes at the USA and its ally Saudi Arabia on Monday, hitting back at both a day after President Donald Trump used his first foreign trip to the kingdom to call for further isolation of Iran.
Mr Trump's remarks came a day after the country re-elected its moderate president Hassan Rouhani, in a sign that the majority of Iranians are keen for reforms. "If the Trump administration is willing to unclench its fist, it can advance US national interest and security in the Middle East in ways that confrontation and war have proven unable to".
"We are waiting for this government to settle".
"I think Saudi Arabia will not be able to use such weapons and will be forced to bring American advisors to its own region", he added, according to Press TV.
Iran and the USA back opposing sides in the civil wars in Syria and Yemen, but they are both fighting the jihadist group Islamic State in Iraq.
U.S. President Donald Trump's criticism of Tehran was well received at a summit of Arab and Islamic leaders with him in Riyadh on Sunday. In that sense, the USA did well to re-authorise waivers from nuclear-related sanctions against Iran ahead of the presidential poll. Rouhani said. "Who can say the region will experience total stability without Iran?" "I believe that Saudi Arabia can not use these weapons and they will eventually be forced to take U.S. military advisors to the region". "They should have polling stations in place for the people and let the rulers not be on a hereditary basis".
"People of Saudi Arabia are our friends, and we have always loved them".
"They are there to encourage Sunni Saudi Arabia's thirst for war against Shia Iran and its allies".
However, councils weren't implemented until reformist President Mohammad Khatami took power in the 1990s, following a series of riots across small towns and cities in Iran over local control.
Already fragile diplomatic and trade ties between Sunni Saudi Arabia and Shi'ite-dominated Iran were severed past year after Saudi Arabia executed a Shi'ite cleric and as a result, protesters ransacked the Saudi embassy in Iran. The hard line might also gain little support outside the Gulf States and Israel, said Karim Sadjadpour, Iran specialist at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington.
He said Friday's election in Iran that saw Rouhani convincingly defeat hardline challenger Ebrahim Raisi had been a message to the world that Tehran was ready for engagement.
In a tweet following the speech, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif accused Trump of ignoring Iran's democratic credentials to "milk" Saudi Arabia of billions of dollars.
Rouhani also said that stability could not be achieved in the Middle East without his country's help.
The US stance against Iran is "deceptive and destructive" and attempts to undermine the sovereignty of the regional states besides supporting Israel, Qasemi said.
Earlier this month, Trump ratcheted up tensions with Iran, announcing new sanctions on Iranian companies and individuals linked to the country's ballistic missile-building program.
President Zuma extended his congratulations and best wishes to President Rouhani and the people of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
On Monday, Rouhani, however, said that Iran will continue to test its missiles anytime if there is a "technical need", and it will not seek the permission of any other country to do so.
"Our missiles are for our defence and for peace, they are not offensive".
