Some Persian Gulf states seek to defeat resistance: Iraqi VP Maliki

Iraq’s former Prime Minister and current Vice President Nouri al-Maliki says some Persian Gulf states are after defeating the resistance front, which he says has nevertheless come out victorious on the battlefront against ill-wishers and extremists.

Maliki, who is the secretary-general of the Islamic Dawa Party, made the remarks during a meeting with Ali Akbar Velayati, a senior adviser to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, in Tehran on Tuesday. He arrived in the Iranian capital on Saturday on a four-day visit aimed at meeting and consulting with senior Iranian officials.

“Some countries, including [some] Persian Gulf ones, harbor the intention of defeating the resistance front,” he said, but noted that the resistance has triumphed in the face of all challenges. “The enemy front has been defeated on the political and military arenas.”

He said he was visiting Iran to discuss the laying out of the necessary contingency measures needed so the victories achieved so far can be used to advance future goals and defeat the groups that seek to harm the resistance front.

Velayati, meanwhile, congratulated Maliki on the occasion of the recent liberation of the northwestern Syrian city of Aleppo from Takfiri groups, which he said was not only a victory for Syria but also for Iraq and Iran.
“Not only is Aleppo’s liberation considered a victory for our brothers in Syria, but also it is regarded as a victory for Iraq, Iran, and the line of resistance,” he noted.

“We will soon witness the return of Mosul to the nation’s embrace, too, and the Iraqi forces and Hashd al-Sha’bi will cut the aggressors’ hands off the important and strategic city,” Velayati said, referring to the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) by their Arabic name.

EA