Zarif says Iran willing to work with US on oil, Gulf security, even though deems its presence as destabilizing

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif ruled out on Saturday any cooperation with the United States on Israel.

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In his interview for the Etmad newspaper, as cited by Reuters, Zarif had the following message for Washington: "We will not cooperate with you on the issue of Israel and we will disagree with you."

He also rejected allowing any "interference" in Iran's domestic affairs coming from the US.

On the opposite side of the red line were oil and the security in the Persian Gulf -- a key waterway for the global energy market. Read more at i24