Dr. Larijani in meeting with Ayatollah Makarem-Shirazi:

‘West has realized its mistake in using Takfiri groups in a tactical manner’

Rasa - Rasa News Agency – Ayatollah Naser Makarem-Shirazi has met with Dr. Ali Larijani in Qom. They discussed many important political, social and economic issues, but the foremost issue was the Takfiri threats to the security of the Middle East.

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Date: 01 September 2014 - 16:15

Rasa News Agency – Ayatollah Naser Makarem-Shirazi met with Dr. Ali Larijani, speaker of the Iranian Parliament, in the holy city of Qom on Sunday, August 31. They discussed many important political, social and economic issues, but the foremost issue was the Takfiri threats to the security of the Middle East.

“One of the most important regional problems under the current conditions is the presence of Takfiri terrorists, specially the ISIL in Iraq and Syria, but the US airstrikes against the ISIL are rather a political gesture by Washington,” Dr. Larijani said to Ayatollah Makarem-Shirazi. He noted that the western countries previously thought that they could use the Takfiri groups in a tactical manner, but now they have found out that they were mistaken. The Iranian parliament speaker reiterated that the presence of around 2,500 European nationals in ISIL ranks has become a source of concern for the European officials.

Earlier this week, Lieutenant Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Brigadier General Hoseyn Salami said Washington has supported the ISIL terrorist group, but has now been forced to confront it due to the terrorist group’s security threats to the US. “Now you see that a self-created phenomenon; namely the ISIL, has turned into a cancerous tumour for the Americans,” General Salami said. He noted that ISIL is now threatening the US national security, adding, “One day, they (the Americans) supported the ISIL (in its war) against Syria, and now, they are forced to confront the ISIL due to their erroneous strategy.” The general said the US government turned its focus on Iraq after failing to realize its objectives in Syria by arming Takfiri militants.

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