<p>A close adviser to Iran's supreme leader on Thursday described the US Mideast peace plan as a continuation of the objectives of "crusaders and Zionists".</p>.<p>The plan, announced Tuesday by US President Donald Trump, consists of "selling and dismantling Muslim lands", said Ali Akbar Velayati, who advises Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on foreign policy issues.</p>.<p>Trump's "objective is the realisation of the goal of the crusaders and Zionists", Velayati said during a brief press conference in Tehran.</p>.<p>The US plan, seen as overwhelmingly supportive of Israeli goals, has been firmly rejected by the Palestinians.</p>.<p>It grants the Jewish state full control of Jerusalem and gives it a US green light to annex key parts of the occupied West Bank, including in the strategic Jordan Valley.</p>.<p>"Trump will fail in this plan, just like he has failed in his previous anti-Islamic plans", the former Iranian foreign minister added, saying its announcement had already united Palestinian leaders "like never before in the history of their battle".</p>.<p>"The Islamic republic will certainly not remain silent", Velayati said.</p>.<p>"The Iranian people, guided by the supreme leader, continue to consider the Palestinian question as the principal concern of the Muslim world".</p>.<p>Iran will continue its consultations with "Arab countries that remain faithful to the Palestinian cause", he added.</p>.<p>Iran does not recognise Israel.</p>.<p>On Tuesday evening, Iran's foreign ministry called Trump's plan "the treason of the century" and said it was "doomed to fail".</p>
<p>A close adviser to Iran's supreme leader on Thursday described the US Mideast peace plan as a continuation of the objectives of "crusaders and Zionists".</p>.<p>The plan, announced Tuesday by US President Donald Trump, consists of "selling and dismantling Muslim lands", said Ali Akbar Velayati, who advises Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on foreign policy issues.</p>.<p>Trump's "objective is the realisation of the goal of the crusaders and Zionists", Velayati said during a brief press conference in Tehran.</p>.<p>The US plan, seen as overwhelmingly supportive of Israeli goals, has been firmly rejected by the Palestinians.</p>.<p>It grants the Jewish state full control of Jerusalem and gives it a US green light to annex key parts of the occupied West Bank, including in the strategic Jordan Valley.</p>.<p>"Trump will fail in this plan, just like he has failed in his previous anti-Islamic plans", the former Iranian foreign minister added, saying its announcement had already united Palestinian leaders "like never before in the history of their battle".</p>.<p>"The Islamic republic will certainly not remain silent", Velayati said.</p>.<p>"The Iranian people, guided by the supreme leader, continue to consider the Palestinian question as the principal concern of the Muslim world".</p>.<p>Iran will continue its consultations with "Arab countries that remain faithful to the Palestinian cause", he added.</p>.<p>Iran does not recognise Israel.</p>.<p>On Tuesday evening, Iran's foreign ministry called Trump's plan "the treason of the century" and said it was "doomed to fail".</p>