Leader's Top Aide:

Iran Role-Model in Fighting Terrorism, Extremism

Rasa - Iranian Supreme Leader's top aide Ali Akbar Velayati underlined that other countries can follow Iran's footsteps in the fight against terrorist groups.

News ID: 430756

Date: 02 July 2017 - 23:22

RNA - "Iran is a good role model for achieving unity among Islamic societies and fighting terrorist groups like the ISIL," Velayati said.

He reiterated that Iran is harbinger of peace, friendship, brotherhood, equality and unity among different societies and religions.

"Iranian media are influential among all societies and they play a major role in maintaining stability in the Muslim world," Velayati added.

In relevant remarks on Wednesday, Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani underlined that Iran and Russia are engaged in a “real” war on terrorism contrary to some other countries which merely claim to be fighting the scourge.

"Iran and Russia have a successful experience in the fight against terrorism,” Larijani said in a meeting with Speaker of Russia’s State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin in the South Korean capital of Seoul on Tuesday.

He added that Tehran and Moscow had managed to take “positive measures” to help resolve the crisis in Syria through political approaches, in particular through the Astana talks process.

The Astana talks have brought representatives from the government in Damascus and opposition groups to the negotiating table. The first round of the Astana talks took place on January 23-24, followed by the second round on February 15-16 and the third round on March 14-15. The next round of peace negotiations on Syria is scheduled to take place in the Kazakh capital on July 4-5.

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