President vows full support for Iraq’s anti-terror fight

President Hassan Rouhani says the Islamic Republic will always stand by the Iraqi government and nation in the fight against terrorism and help protect the holy shrines in Iraq.

In a meeting with visiting Chairman of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) Ammar Hakim in Tehran on Monday, President Rouhani praised as a very important achievement the recent victories of the Iraqi government and people against terrorists.

The President urged all people from all Iraqi political groups, faiths and ethnicities to maintain their unity and strengthen their national solidarity.

Elsewhere, President Rouhani stressed the importance of expanding mutual relations between the two neighbors, saying, “The expansion, promotion and strengthening of Tehran-Baghdad ties will serve the interests of the people of the two countries as well as regional nations.”

The ISCI chairman, for his part, hailed Iran’s great role in the fight against terrorism in Iraq and said the recapture of Fallujah from Daesh Takfiri terrorists was the outcome of unity among Iraqi political and military groups and people.

Hakim emphasized that Iraqis would maintain their unity until the full eradication of terrorism across the country.

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