NOURNEWS - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif reiterated the country’s position on the necessity for the withdrawal of all US forces from the region.
“Iran has always said that the US should leave the region,” Zarif said in an interview with the Afghan Tolou News channel on Saturday.
Asked about Iran’s definition and position towards the Taliban group, he said, “Based on the laws, Iran has not yet delisted Taliban from terrorist groups.”
The Iranian top diplomat was also asked about Fatemiyoun division which fights against the terrorist groups, specially the ISIL, in Syria.
“If the Afghan government is interested, they are the best forces that can be used (to protect security of the country),” Zarif responded.
In relevant remarks earlier this month, Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh underlined the need for the American forces to withdraw from all countries of the region.
“The cancerous tumor of the US should be removed from the region. While the Americans are in the region, they bring humiliation, insecurity and misery,” General Hajizadeh said.
He underlined that Iran’s struggle against the Great Satan (the US) will continue.
Also, in September, IRGC Commander Major General Hossein Salami said that the US has now been isolated in the world and is withdrawing from the region.
“Today the US, which has been exerting pressures to isolate Iran, has itself been isolated. The US has gradually lost its political influence in the region and the world and has been marginalized in the political developments and failed to score any victory in the battlefield,” General Salami said, addressing Iranian lawmakers in Tehran.
He referred to the US role in the formation of ISIL terrorist group, and said Iran defused Washington’s plots in this grand battlefield and prevented materialization of its political wishes to restructure the Middle-East politically.
“The US is now withdrawing while it is tired, worn-out and debilitated,” General Salami said.
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