Saudi using Takfiris in 'broad way' for political aims: Iran

Iran has hit out at Saudi Arabia, saying the kingdom is broadly using Takfiri terrorist groups to advance its political agenda in the region.

“Riyadh has been using terrorism for years as an instrument to implement its political objectives,” Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hossein Jaberi Ansari said on Monday, Press TV reported.

The kingdom is now using Takfiri terrorism in “a broad way” to push forward its plans, the spokesman told reporters in Tehran during his weekly news briefing.

Jaberi Ansari's remarks came amid reports that Saudi Arabia has stepped up support for Takfiri terrorists in the face of the Iraqi army's imminent liberation of Fallujah and the Syrian army's advances in Aleppo and elsewhere.

The spokesman warned that support for terrorists and an instrumental use of Takfiris by Saudi Arabia and other countries would backfire.

“This tactical use of terrorism by regional and global players is a strategic game which will have long-term and strategic repercussions and sooner or later, these players will be targeted by terrorists.”

Takfiri groups such as ISIL and al-Qaeda-linked Nusra Front have received weapons and funds from Saudi Arabia and its allies in the region.

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