Ariana News Agency-\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Reuters-<\/em> The United States said it was sending 1,500 troops to region in what it called an effort to bolster defenses against Tehran, and it accused Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guards of direct responsibility for attacks on tankers this month.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Americans have made such allegations to justify their hostile policies and to raise tensions in the Persian Gulf,\u201d Zarif told state news agency IRNA.<\/p>\n \u201cIncreased U.S. presence in our region is extremely dangerous and it threatens international peace and security, and this should be addressed,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n U.S. President Donald Trump also invoked the threat from Iran to declare a national security-related emergency that would clear the sale of billions of dollars\u2019 worth of weapons to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and other countries without congressional approval.<\/p>\n It follows decisions to speed up the deployment of an aircraft carrier strike group as well as to send bombers and additional Patriot missiles to the Middle East.<\/p>\n Following U.S. media reports that Zarif had met Senator Dianne Feinstein during a U.S. visit last month, Iran\u2019s Foreign Ministry said informative talks were common and did not involve negotiations.<\/p>\n \u201cFor more than two decades, discussions have been held with non-governmental U.S. political elites, including members of Congress, to clarify and explain the policies of the Islamic Republic,\u201d ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Saturday that the U.S. decision to deploy more troops to the Middle East in response to the perceived threat from Iran was \u201cextremely dangerous\u201d for peace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3204,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_mat_hreflang_tags":[],"addvideo":"","video_duration":"","farsit":"","target":"0","top_stories":"0","top":"0"},"categories":[305],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia"],"acf":{"myctype":"change","target":false,"top_stories":false,"top":false,"farsit":""},"yoast_head":"\n