Iranian cleric says Iran seeks to rescue Americans

An Iranian cleric said on Friday that the Islamic Republic intends to rescue the American people from the two parties that have ruled the country in the past.

"We should focus our efforts on freeing Americans from under the yoke of the two ruling parties (Democratic and Republican) in the United States. We want to save the West and spread morality in the world," Tehran's interim Friday Prayers leader Hojjatoleslam Kazem Seddiqi said.

"We should concentrate our efforts on the international revolution and rescuing nations from the rule of arrogant powers," he added.

The cleric criticized US President Barack Obama for pursuing the same policies of his predecessor George W. Bush in the Middle East.

"Today, there is more insecurity in Iraq than the time of [former Iraqi dictator] Saddam Hussein," he said.

"Despite US promises, no economic development has been made in Iraq. They (US officials) even interfere in Iraq's domestic affairs," Seddiqi added.

He lashed out at the US president for supporting the unrest that followed last year's presidential election in the name of "civil rights activists" and said the Iranian people proved that the Islamic Republic moves in line with its culture.


/Press TV/