Ayatollah Khamenei's top aide underlines Iraq's integration, unity

The Leader's top aide Ali Akbar Velayati has underlined Iran's continued support for Iraq in the fight against the terrorist groups, and said Tehran is serious about defusing plots to disintegrate Iraq's territorial integrity.

"We don’t spare any efforts to help you," Velayati said in a meeting with a number of Iraqi Izadi parliamentarians and elites in Tehran on Tuesday.

He hailed Izadi fighters' cooperation with Hashd al-Sha'abi (Iraqi popular forces) in the anti-ISIL campaign, and said, "It is an admirable job because Hashd al-Sha'abi is highly serious about campaign against the ISIL and Iraq's enemies."

Velayati, who is an advisor to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, stressed Iran's emphasis on the integrity of Iraq, stressing efforts to prevent the latter's disintegration.
He reiterated: "We support Iraq's territorial integrity."

In relevant remarks in November, Velayati blasted the US and other states' attempts to create rift among Iraq's Shiite, Sunni and Kurdish population, and said Tehran would stand against those who plot to disintegrate Iraq.

EA