TEHRAN - Mohsen Rezaee, secretary of the Expediency Council, has called on French President Francois Hollande to replace the term “Islamic terrorism” with “Saudi terrorism” in his remarks.

In response to the Nice terrorist carnage late on Thursday, French President François Hollande said, “All of France is under the threat of Islamic terrorism.”

“Mr. Hollande should use Saudi terrorism instead of Islamic terrorism; the Saudi Arabia that is your ally, supporter, and stooge,” Rezaee said in a live TV program aired on Saturday.

“It won’t take too long for European countries and the U.S. to identify the source of terrorism … Saudi Arabia is the source of all these terrors.”

On Thursday night, an attacker while driving a heavy truck plowed into crowds celebrating Bastille Day in the French city of Nice, killing at least 84 people and injuring scores more in what Hollande called a terrorist act, according to Reuters.

Iran believes regional extremism is fed by Wahabism, which is backed by Saudis financially and logistically.

Tehran has also warned the West of double standards on terrorism, objecting to the West for turning a blind eye to the nurturing and practicing the Wahabism ideology by Saudis.

“The fundamental problem with the West is that it masks realities … and this won’t help counter terrorism,” Rezaee remarked.

Saudi Arabia is the fountain of terrorism, Rezaee said elsewhere in his remarks. 

“It won’t take too long for European countries and the U.S. to identify the source of terrorism… Saudi Arabia is the source of all these terrors.”

Soon or late, however, the West has to stop pretending ostrichism, acknowledging the hand of Saudis behind the bloody scenes, he stated.  

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