Iran to increase cooperation with Iraq to confront separatism

Iran's Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami underlined that his country will boost cooperation with Iraq against any moves to disintegrate the country.

General Hatami warned the separatists that playing into the US and Israel's hand is doomed to failure.

"The Islamic Republic of Iran is opposed to separatism in Iraq and distortion of the country's borders and we consider the separatist stream as harmful to the regional security and don’t spare any efforts to safeguard the regional countries' territorial integrity and stability," General Hatami said, addressing a ceremony in Tehran on Tuesday.

He added, today that destructive stream has been formed in Iraq and we will certainly have more extensive cooperation with that country to confront such moves.

Noting that attempts to disintegrate the regional countries is the other side of the coin of terrorism, the Iranian defense minister said that the countries and regimes which have organized the terrorist groups in the region are now supporting secession.

"The executors of disintegration in Iraq should know that they are certainly playing in the US and the Zionist regime's court because the regional countries need tranquility, security and stability and any move against the will of the people in the regional states is doomed to failure," General Hatami said.

EA