US Failed to Battle the ISIL

Iran’s Parliament Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani says the US has failed to seriously battle the ISIL terrorist group, stressing that Washington’s campaign against ISIL Takfiris is a political stunt.

“The coalition formed under the US leadership to fight ISIL is a propaganda campaign,” Larijani said.

He dismissed reports about joint airstrikes by Iran and the US against the ISIL militants, saying, “Iran has carried out no airstrikes either directly or in collaboration with others against the ISIL terrorists because it regards this course of action as wrong.”

He emphasized that it would be impossible to fight against terrorism through airstrikes, adding that Tehran has no commonality with Washington in the war on terror.

The Iranian Majlis speaker said terrorist groups including the ISIL Takfiris are created to sow division in the Muslim world to serve the interests of the US and the Israeli regime.

He added that Iran strongly opposes such terrorist and extremist movements and regards them as detrimental to Muslim nations.

The Iranian Parliament Speaker has also warned against the enemies’ plot to spread extremism across the Middle East and called for a collective campaign to eradicate the phenomenon.

Larijani pointed to extremism as a regional problem, noting, “The phenomenon has been created in the region by the enemies and an effective joint campaign by the regional countries against such phenomena is a necessity.”

The Islamic Republic of Iran said its policy of offering military consultation to neighboring Iraq to help it fight ISIL Takfiri terrorists remains unchanged.

“I stress that there has been no change in the Islamic Republic of Iran’s policies with respect to fighting Takfiri groups, helping the Iraqi government and providing consultations to Baghdad in the fight against terrorist and Takfiri groups,” Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham said.

Afkham’s remarks came in reaction to a recent claim by a Pentagon official that Iran has conducted air strikes against ISIL in eastern Iraq in recent days.

“Reports about Iran’s cooperation with military groups of other countries in combating ISIL are not accurate and not right,” she added.

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