Continuing their competition with the US over intervention in Iraq, Irans officials have said that Washingtons coalition for action against the jihadist Islamic State is irrational.Speaker of Parliament Ali Larijani (pictured) saidin a Saturday ceremony in northeast Iran, The US logic for annihilating the Islamic State group will not result in reforms in the Middle-East and wont destroy the Islamic State, rather it will cause an overwhelming fire of hatred in this region.
Larijani asserted, Certainly, the Islamic State wont be annihilated by the US air attacks since bombardment cannot kill the guerillas in the houses.
The Speaker also indicated Irans unease with possible US airstrikes on the jihadists in Syria, warning that the Americans were intervening because it had failed with previous plots against the region through the UN and the Security Council.
Irans top official for political maneuvers in Iraq, Supreme National Security Council Secretary Ali Shamkhani,echoed in a speechin Qom in central Iran:
The US attempts to create an anti-terrorism coalition in collaboration with certain states which are themselves the main suppliers of the terrorists are suspicious and lack transparency.
The US seeks to continue its unilateralism and violate the countries sovereignty under the pretext of fighting terrorism.
Shamkhani also referred to Syria, asserting that the US is trying to divert attention from the establishment, equipment and development ofterrorist groups under the pretext of overthrowing the [Assad] government.
Iran has attacked the US for weeks over intervention in Iraq, claiming the Americans created the Islamic State that they now purport to fight.
The latest Iranian statements follow US Secretary of State John Kerrys rejection of Iranian participation in an international conference in Paris on Iraq and measures against the jihadists.
By EA WorldView
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