RNA - "The main goal of the terrorists in the region is damaging security in Iran and even certain regional states help them; the ISIL has not acquired its (military) equipment from the Mars but these (regional) countries have given these groups heavy weapons worth billions (of dollars)," Larijani said in the Southern province of Fars on Friday evening.
"Sometimes, they (certain regional states) show their enmity clearly and equip certain terrorist groups in the region to do acts of harassment in the Eastern and Western parts of Iran," he added.
Larijani stressed the importance of security for the Iranian nation, warning that the country will give a crushing response to the enemies and those who help the terrorist groups against Iran.
In relevant remarks in August, Commander of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Qassem Soleimani took Saudi Arabia responsible for the creation of the Takfiri terrorist groups and critical conditions in the region.
"Iran has never created crisis and never nurtured the Takfiris. The (terrorist) groups like Jeish al-Islam and Jeish al-Hor have been created by the Saudis but we became the source of stability in Syria," General Soleimani said, addressing a forum in Tehran.
Stressing that Iran doesn’t differentiate between its own and Iraq's interests, he said, "We were not after occupying the oil wells, Mosul and Kirkuk and currency demands (in Iraq)."
Iran is providing Iraq and Syria with military advisory and humanitarian aid in their fight against terrorist groups.
General Soleimani said in March 2016 that Takfiri terrorism threatens all Muslims, and Iran has waged war on those terrorists that trade enslaved women and children.
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