Senior US commander: ‘Iran is the biggest factor of instability in the Middle East’

Iran is the biggest danger against civilians in the Middle East, AlKhaleejOnline reported the Chief of the US Central Command General Lloyd Austin saying.

Speaking in the US Congress, Lloyd said: “Since the nuclear deal, Iran has not yet changed its acts in the region,” adding that some of its actions are not expected from a country that wants the international community to accept it.

“Iran is the biggest factor of instability in the region,” he said, adding that using Shia militants in the Mosul battle “will be a big mistake.”

A number of the countries in the region, including the Gulf states, accuse Iran of inference in the internal affairs of Arab countries.

They also accuse it of sponsoring Shia militants in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Yemen, as well as affording financial, arms and political cover for them in order to destabilise the region.