“Last year, the United States sold $ 50 billion worth of weapons to the region. Some countries in the region, with less than a third of our population, spend $ 87 billion on military purchases. Let's make a comparison: last year Iran spent $ 16 billion on all of its armed forces, despite the fact that there are almost a million people in the army, ”Press TV quoted him as saying.
According to him, the UAE "spent $ 22 billion," and Saudi Arabia $ 87 billion.
“If you are talking about threats coming from the region, then the threats come from the United States and its allies, which fill the region with weapons, which makes it explosive,” Zarif added.
Earlier, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on state television that the war with his country would be the "mother of all wars."