Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki accused United States of trying to harm Iran''s
relations with its Arab neighbours
and dismissed President Bush’s regional tour as a ''failure''.
''Mr. Bush is trying, in vain, to harm Iran''s
relations with the countries of the region,'' Mottaki said on an Arab satellite news channel.
The US leader''s week-long regional tour to rally
support against Iran''s nuclear programme is ''a failure'', Mottaki said.
Earlier Sunday Bush delivered a keynote speech in Abu Dhabi in which he warned his Gulf Arab allies of the ''threat'' posed by Iran and called for their support of Washington''s policy goals in the Middle East.