Ali Akbar Velayati, who has just arrived back in Tehran from a 4-day visit to Syria, described the US, France and UK assault on Syria as an aggressive act, stressing that the attack occurred before the UN inspectors arrived at the scene of the alleged chemical attack.

Velayati added that the attack will have negative international, regional effects, while condemning it as an aggressive act against the oppressed nation and government of Syria who have been fighting terrorism for the last seven years and have made great victories.

The top adviser to Iran’s Leader went on to add that “this action is in blatant violation of international rules, as well as the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Syrian nation,” adding that criminals will receive a firm response from the Resistance Axis.

Referring to the Iranian Leader’s description of the attack as a crime and declaring presidents of those three countries as criminals, Velayati said “as the Leader declared, presidents of United States, France and UK are criminals and will not benefit from their attack,” adding “they will not reach their vicious goals in the region as before.”

Es’hagh Jahangiri made the remarks in a meeting with Hungary’s Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga on Monday in Tehran, adding “the Islamic Republic of Iran has complied with its international obligations under the JCPOA, and we expect all parties to the agreement to adhere to their commitments with the same amount of determination.”

Jahangiri went on to call for further Tehran-Budapest cooperation in the fields of industry, energy, oil and gas, tourism, advanced biotechnology, nanotechnology, science and research.

“The prerequisite for the development of economic relations and the expansion of cooperation in the tourism sector is the existence of a secure air transport and the establishment of direct flights between the two countries, on which I hope we can have good cooperation in the near future,” Jahangiri said.

The Hungarian minister, for his part, said he had held fruitful negotiations with Iranian ministers of economy, oil, and health which led to the signing of a number of agreements and contracts between the two countries.

“Budapest is aware of and appreciates Iran’s role in creating stability and security in the region, and we believe that all countries should appreciate the efforts of the Islamic Republic of Iran in eradication of terrorism in the region,” he stressed.

He went on to add, “Hungary, both as an independent state and as a member of the European Union, will defend the nuclear deal as it is an international agreement of great importance, and there is no reason to violate or modify it.”

Larijani made the remarks in a meeting with his Kazakh counterpart Nurlan Nigmatulin, where he thanked him for the country’s fair and unbiased views on Iran’s nuclear deal.

Pointing to the nuclear deal and all the hard work to achieve it, Larijani said “Iran has paid some prices to reach the deal which was also beneficial to Iran; the agreement is not bilateral, but the US has breached it in the past few months.”

The Iranian official went on to say American officials’ attitude hinders economic agreements as well; if they continue this behavior, the agreement will be cancelled, leading to complications in the region.

He stressed that the US lack of commitment to multilateral and international agreements must be addressed in the United Nations, and other countries have to denounce such conduct which is disapproved by European countries and even the United Kingdom.

“If US unilateralism is not stopped, there will be serious consequences; they have withdrawn from Paris and UNESCO agreements as well which creates a state of disorder.” The Iranian parliament speaker stressed.

Parliament speaker referred to terrorism in the region and emphasized on Kazakhstan’s influential role in the matter noting that Astana made a lot of efforts to root out terrorism in Syria and restore peace.

Larijani put emphasis on parliamentary relations between Iran and Kazakhstan, and the need to expand bilateral ties, saying “the groundwork for economic cooperation between the two countries has been laid, and we need to concentrate on investment, business and economic fields.”

Nurlan Nigmatulin, for his part, said the trips of the two countries’ official are effective in developing relations.

He named Iran as one of the main business and economic partners of Kazakhstan and stated “we have always tried to increase the level of political and economic relations with Iran, currently the two nations enjoy solid relations which should be expanded.”

Kazakhstan parliament speaker voiced optimism that nuclear deal is treated with justice and Iran’s benefits are secured, adding that “we have always supported Iran’s plans and its role in international organizations; we will never forget Iran’s supports of our country.”