TEHRAN, Aug. 8 (MNA) -- Foreign Minister Manuchehr Mottaki said here on Wednesday that contradictions in the statements of U.S. intellectuals and elites is the most evident change since September 11 attacks.

After 9/11 the United States vociferously launched its “mission of war and terror” in the world and started occupying Islamic countries, Mottaki said in reference to U.S. attacks on Afghanistan and Iraq.
More than five years since the U.S. started “bombings and occupations” the question is whether the world has become a safer place or not, he said in a ceremony held to commemorate the Reporter Day.
Reporter Day named after IRNA reporter Mahmud Saremi was killed along with six Iranian diplomats in Mazari Sharif, Afghanistan, in 1998 when Iranian Consulate in the city was occupied by Taliban militants.
“Has the U.S. President George W. Bush’s slogan of establishing security and stability in Afghanistan been realized?” the minister asked.
Afghan people believe that the security situation was better in 2006 than 2007, he noted, adding, “The U.S. is fighting those who were trained by it.”
He also said a rise in exchange of information in the world has caused a “wave of vigilance and awareness” among the people in the region.
If at the time of the Islamic Revolution in Iran Washington refused to accept that arms are useless in face of nations’ faith it is now “experiencing this reality in the entire region,” Mottaki stated.
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