Velayati from Beirut: US, ‘Israel’ Supporting Takfiri Terrorists in ME
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Senior Advisor to Leader of the Islamic Revolution His Eminence Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei on International Affairs said the United States, ‘Israeli' regime and certain countries in the Middle East are supporting Takfiri terrorists in the region, stressing that such extremists and their sponsors are on the verge of annihilation.
"Terrorists and extremist and Takfiri movements are backed by the US, the Zionists and some regional countries that do not want stability, security, independence and unity among regional countries," Ali Akbar Velayati, said in a meeting with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri in Beirut on Friday.
Velayati added that all terrorists and Takfiri groups in the region would be eliminated in the near future.
He emphasized that Iran welcomes Lebanon's stability and independence and pointed to last month's remark by Hariri that he will join a coalition government with Hezbollah, saying: "The formation of a coalition government is undoubtedly a success for all the Lebanese people."
The Lebanese premier, for his part, stressed the importance of stepping up resistance against extremist and Takfiri groups to tackle the serious challenges they are posing to the region.
Velayati, who arrived in Beirut on Thursday to attend the second International Union of Resistance Scholars conference, also held a meeting with Hezbollah Secretary General His Eminence Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah also on Friday.
During the meeting, Velayati and Sayyed Nasrallah exchanged views about the latest regional developments.
The senior Iranian official also met with Lebanese Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri.
After his meeting with Berri, Velayati said Tehran and Beirut believe that the recent achievements made in the fight against terrorists in Lebanon, Syria and Iraq were in fact a victory for the resistance front and would be beneficial to the entire region.
"The Americans and Zionists seek to sow discord and defeat the resistance front and are currently exerting the highest level of pressure on Syria to make it fail," Velayati added.
The senior Iranian official also said Syrian government forces will advance soon to take Raqqa, which US-backed terrorists seized from Daesh [ISIS/ISIL] last month.
"We will witness in the near future the advance of government and popular forces in Syria and east of the Euphrates, and the liberation of Raqqa city," he said in televised comments during his Beirut visit.
He emphasized that the US intends to partition Syria; however, Iran and Lebanon are in agreement that Washington would fail to achieve this goal.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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