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Iran urges unity among Iraqis to defeat terrorism

Xinhua, July 10, 2016 Adjust font size:

Iranian foreign minister urged solidarity among Iraqi political groups as the key factor to defeat terrorist groups in the Arab state, Press TV reported on Sunday.

Mohammad Javad Zarif said Iran would stand by the Iraqi nation until the Arab nation is fully cleaned of terrorist groups.

Zarif, who was meeting with the visiting chairman of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq Ammar Hakim in Tehran on Sunday, hailed the recent victories of Iraqi army and allied fighters against the Islamic state, saying that the ultimate defeat of the terrorists depends on a strong unity among different Iraqi political groups

He censured the recent wave of terrorist bomb attacks in the Iraqi cities against the innocent people, expressing sympathy with the Iraqi nation and government.

Also, an Iranian security official reiterated on Sunday that the Islamic republic will not give up its military advisory support for Iraq and Syria until the full elimination of terrorism, Press TV reported.

Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Ali Shamkhani, made the remarks in a meeting with the visiting chairman of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq Ammar Hakim in Tehran on Sunday. Endit