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Al-Amoush: "Iranian authorities summoned me twice to protest against the King, and I stood up to them."

Iran offered to build an airport in Karak, but Jordan declined.

The King wanted the Muslim Brotherhood to participate in the 2007 elections, but they expelled me over the boycott.

Some resistance leaders told me there is a 'Gaza above ground and below.'

The Brotherhood complained to the King about successive governments.

The Brotherhood did not send the youths involved in the Dead Sea incident, and some political groups rallied with foreign flags without accountability.


By Abdul Aziz Al-Khalidi
Photography by Mohammed Hayasat
Video by Alaa Al-Batat


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The news agency Rum and the Al Shahed Media Group hosted Dr. Bassam Al-Amoush, a former Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs, former Minister of Administrative Development, and former Jordanian ambassador to Tehran, in a candid interview filled with bold statements and surprises.

Al-Amoush began his discussion with "Rum" by commenting on rapid regional developments, particularly in Gaza. He remarked, "We are one Islamic and Arab nation. How can we leave a defenceless people alone under the fire of the Zionist entity?"

He continued, "The people of Gaza are full of heroes. Whenever a leader falls, another rises. The Zionists’ journey against Palestinians is a losing battle." Al-Amoush described Israel as an "aberrant state."

On recent public debate in Jordan following the Dead Sea incident and the statements issued by the Muslim Brotherhood, he commented, "I don’t believe there is any contradiction between the two statements. The first statement by the Islamic Action Front acknowledged that the young men were their members, while the second clarified that the Brotherhood did not encourage them to cross over."

Al-Amoush also noted that some Jordanian parties rallied under foreign flags without facing repercussions. He emphasized, “I do not encourage young people to cross the river, as it’s a losing battle."

Reflecting on his time as ambassador to Iran, Al-Amoush revealed he faced constant surveillance there. He stated, "Iran proposed building an airport in Karak and sending a thousand Iranian visitors daily to visit religious sites in Jordan, but Jordan refused."

Al-Amoush also shared that when King Abdullah II assumed his constitutional powers, he met with the Muslim Brotherhood, who criticized successive governments. Al-Amoush advised the Brotherhood in light of a recent statement that had displeased the Jordanian government.