Brzezinski: U.S. interference in Iran backfires

TEHRAN (FNA) - Former U.S. National-Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski advised the U.S. administration to avoid interference in Iran’s internal affairs, warning that such attempts would backfire.

“There is a movement in the U.S. that does not believe in accompanying Iran and they misuse the current developments in Iran to attain their extremist policies against Tehran and they prefer to see a scenario in Iran similar to the one implemented in Iraq but it should be said that this is never in the U.S. interest,” Brzezinski told the London-based Arab language daily, Al-Hayat.

He further stated that the current developments in Iran are unlikely to leave an impact on U.S. position on the country.

Referring to the post-presidential election events and rallies in Tehran, Brzezinski stressed that despite protests by a limited number of the youth, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad enjoys a wide and strong support among the low and middle-class citizens.

President Ahmadinejad was re-elected the next president of the country with over 62% percent of the votes cast in Iran’s 10th presidential election on June 12.

He won over his three rivals Mir-Hossein Mousavi, Mehdi Karroubi and Mohsen Rezaei with almost 25 million votes.

Following the announcement of the election results, supporters of the defeated candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi-who rejected the results - took to the streets of Tehran and other cities in daily rallies.

The U.S. administration has voiced support for demonstrators in a blatant violation of international rules and conventions on non-interference in other countries’ internal affairs.

Tehran has warned Washington against its interventionist approach and summoned Swiss Ambassador to Tehran, who also heads the U.S. interest section in Iran, to express its strong protest in the same regard.

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