Iranian DM:

Israel Seeks to Maintain Terrorism, Insecurity in Region

Rasa - Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan warned that Israel and its allies are attempting to strengthen the terrorist groups and prolong insecurity in the region to their benefit.

News ID: 426055

Date: 26 December 2016 - 17:48

RNA - "The Takfiri-terrorist stream which has been created by the Americans, the Zionists, the reactionary Arabs of the region and even certain countries like Turkey will not be confined to Syria, Lebanon, Yemen and Iraq; it is a pervasive event which distorts and threatens the global system and security," General Deqan said in Tehran on Monday.

He said that the Zionists and the arrogant countries are making their best efforts to prolong this atmosphere because it depletes the revolutionary potential of the Muslim world.

Stressing that Iran considers the regional security as its own security, General Dehqan said, "Insecurity and chaos in the region affects security of others as well."

In relevant remarks in 2015, Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani said that the western states' policy of fomenting crises in different regional states to guarantee Israel's security is wrong.

"The western states are stirring crisis to provide the security of the Zionist regime, and they are definitely making an irreparable miscalculation," Shamkhani said in a meeting with Syrian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Jihad al-Laham in Tehran.

"The recent experiences have shown that terrorism is a double-edged sword that will cleave its supporters' chests too," he added.

Shamkhani described Syria as the forefront of defending the Muslim territories against the Zionist regime and Takfiri terrorism, and said weakening Syria will exacerbate the security situation in all the neighboring states and the region.

Laham, for his part, expressed regret over the lack of a serious global resolve and determination to fight terrorism, and blasted the UN and the UN Security Council for keeping mum on the Takfiri groups' crimes and mass execution of innocent people.

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