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Iran to Stand against New Plots to Create ISIL-Like Terrorist Groups

Rasa - Chief of Staff of Iran's Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri praised annihilation of ISIL in Iraq and Syria, stressing that his country will stand against new plots to create similar terrorist groups in the region.

News ID: 434943

Date: 24 November 2017 - 22:41

RNA- General Baqeri made the remarks in a congratulatory message to Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei on Thursday.

"Although the fall of ISIL heralds the collapse of the sinister dominance of the US and its regional and trans-regional allies” but the guidelines of the Leader, who has called for vigilance in the face of enemy plots, should be taken into serious consideration, General Baqeri said.

He underscored that the Iranian Armed Forces would do all in their power and mobilize all their resources to foil enemy attempts to hatch such seditious plots as the creation of the ISIL.

His message came after Commander of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Qassem Soleimani in a message to Ayatollah Khamenei on Tuesday declared the end of ISIL control over Syria and Iraq.

General Soleimani in his message blamed the US for all crimes committed by the ISIL terrorist group in the regional states, and said the Iraqi and Syrian governments and armies as well as the Hashd al-Shaabi (Iraqi popular forces) and the Lebanese resistance group led by Seyed Hassan Nasrallah certainly played a decisive role in defeating the ISIL.

"Definitely, the valuable role of the nation and servant government of the Islamic Republic, specially the honorable president, parliament, the defense ministry and the military, law enforcement police and security organizations of our country in supporting the aforementioned governments and nations is appreciable," he added, stressing the important role of the wise leadership of Ayatollah Khamenei and senior Iraqi Shiite cleric Ayatollah Ali Sistani in the victory over the ISIL terrorist group.

"...Having accomplished the Albu Kamal liberation operation, the ISIL's last stronghold (in Syria), pulling down the US-Zionist (ISIL) group's flag and hoisting the Syrian flag, I declare the end of" ISIL control, General Soleimani concluded.

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