At the annual Munich Security Conference, Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif drew praise on Iranian social media for his combative style and approach during his 14-minute speech and longer question-and-answer segment with a BBC journalist.

Zarif accused the United States of having an “obsession” with Iran for 40 years. He added, “In the past two years the US has taken its animus towards Iran to a new extreme” by rejecting the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and attempting to force others to violate the nuclear deal. He said that Vice President Mike Pence, who spoke the day before him at the Munich conference, “arrogantly demanded” that Europe jeopardize its own security and leave the deal.

Continuing on America’s “malign obsession,” Zarif said that the United States is “imposing costs” on other countries, particularly in the Middle East. Zarif accused the United States and indirectly Saudi Arabia of fomenting instability in the region “all in the name of containing Iran,” particularly via the bombing of Yemen, aiding and abetting the war in Syria and kidnapping Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad Harriri. In response to accusations that Iran interferes in the region, Zarif said that the United States has bases all around Iran’s borders and floods the region with US arms.

Discussing Europe’s inability to establish a functioning Special Purpose Vehicle that would keep the JCPOA alive, Zarif said, “Iran cannot foot the entire bill for vital global security achievements.” Zarif said that Europeans and others “speak eloquently on multilateralism but they also need to walk the walk.” He continued, “Europe needs to be willing to get wet if it wants to swim against the dangerous tide of US unilateralism.”