Iran Blasts Certain Countries' Double-Standard Approach to Terrorism

Rasa - Iran's Ambassador to Turkey Mohammad Ebrahim Taherian rapped certain countries for their double-standard approach on terrorism, adding that categorizing terrorists as good and bad doesn’t help put an end to the ominous phenomenon.

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Date: 04 November 2016 - 18:08

RNA - Terrorism in the region cannot be categorized as good and bad, Taherian said in Ankara on Thursday.

He said both Iran and Turkey should try to ensure that their ties are not impressed by the plots of ill-wishers and common enemies.

"Those who burn the innocent people alive, use innocent people as their human shield and do not show mercy to the captives contrary to humanitarian injunctions of Islam are not Muslims. So, using violence, extremism and terrorism to pursue foreign policies is wrong and supporters of such an ideology will remain captive of terrorism," Taherian said.

In relevant remarks in July, Iran's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Gholamali Khoshrou in a statement had also lambasted blasted certain countries's double-standard approach on terrorism.

"We must recognize that selective or double standards and simply categorizing good and bad terrorism based on the short term political interests would not help us to uproot terrorism. Such wrong approaches could only undermine international trust and cooperation in countering terrorism," Khoshrou said, addressing a UN General Assembly meeting on the fifth biannual review of "the Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy".

"The international community should have a unified approach in fighting this scourge in an indiscriminate manner.  As we have successfully accomplished the fifth biennial review of the Strategy these days, we must carefully follow national, regional and global plans to implement the Strategy in a comprehensive way, with the cooperation of all, in a balanced manner, with sufficient attention to the conditions conducive to the spread of terrorism while avoiding double standards and discrimination for better and lasting results," he added.

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