Zionist Regime, Certain Regional States Behind Daesh: Iran Cleric

Tehran, June 23, IRNA – Zionist regime and certain regional states are behind terrorist activities of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) known as Daesh, Ali Akbar Ghorashi, member of Assembly of Experts said on Monday. Talking to IRNA, he underlined that Daesh is nothing but a tool in hands of world arrogant powers to provoke sectarian and civil wars in Muslim countries. Terrorists were defeated in Syria and Iraqi nation will give them also a crushing response in near future, he added. Daesh is a Salafi organization affiliated to al-Qaeda founded in Iraq in 2004./end