Envoy: Iraqi Nation, Army, Winners Of Campaign Against Terrorists

Baku, June 15, IRNA – Iranian ambassador to Azerbaijan Republic said here Saturday evening that the winners in campaign against the invading terrorists in Iraq are beyond doubt the brave Iraqi nation and army. Mohsen Paka’ein who was speaking in an interview with Azerbaijan’s I-TV said that Tehran condemns the criminal acts created by the terrorists in Iraq and expressed satisfaction over the emerged national unity, solidarity and consensus against terrorism and extremism. The Iranian ambassador said that the international organizations and the peace loving world nations are responsible in the global campaign against terrorism and extremism and hope that the international community would condemn the criminal acts of the ISIS and the other terrorist groups in Iraq and act united. “The Islamic Republic of Iran, too, would spare no effort in that respect in the regional and international scenes to encounter the terrorist acts in Iraq and the intensification of aggressive moves there,” he emphasized. Ambassador Paka’ein referred to the consultations of the Iranian foreign minister with his Turkish, Qatari and UAE counterparts in this respect. He also emphasized the need for Islamic unity and for launching joint harmonized moves in campaign against terrorism and support for the Iraqi government and nation in their confrontation against the growing wave of terrorism. “We are glad that mobilizing the Iraqi nation and that country’s moving tribes has managed to block the path for continuation of the terrorist acts and more than glad that the Iraqi nation has managed to achieve national unity in that campaign, calling on them to preserve that unity and solidary,” he said. The militants from ISIS want to establish a caliphate, or Islamic state, in the region -- stretching from Iraq into northern Syria, where it has had little-to no success battling the forces of President Bashar al-Assad. Their lightning advance in Iraq has been aided by support from many Sunnis who feel that the Shia-dominated government has marginalized them. This weekˈs violence has created a brewing humanitarian crisis, thanks to the displacement of some 500,000 civilians from Mosul, and sparked fears of widespread rights abuses against civilians. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Friday expressed alarm over the rapid deterioration of the situation in the country./end