Iranian daily scolds foreign ministry for taking sides in China-US spat

In an article on Thursday, Tehran-based Jomhouri-e Eslami Daily said it was "very odd" that the spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry moved "with incredible speed to take a stand in the verbal dispute between China and America over [US House Speaker] Nancy Pelosi's visit [to Taiwan]." "It is unclear how a policy of impartiality in such disputes would hurt us... Doesn't the policy of 'Neither East, Nor West' necessitate that we take neither side in a dispute between two hegemonic powers?" the article read. It said anyone pinning their hope on China-US spats was "very naive." "What do we…