TEHRAN: Irans supreme leader Sunday rejected possible intervention in Iraq by the United States or any other outside power, accusing Washington of trying to manipulate Iraqi sectarian differences to retake control of the country it once occupied.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that arrogant Western powers led by the US are behind the ongoing sedition in Iraq and dismissed any notion of a Shia-Sunni conflict in the Arab country.
American authorities are trying to portray this as a sectarian war, but what is happening in Iraq is not a war between Shias and Sunnis, Ayatollah Khamenei said, adding, It is indeed the same old hegemonic order using leftovers of the Saddam (Hussein) regime as its key pieces, and the Takfiri dogmatic elements as foot soldiers, he told judiciary officials.
We are vehemently opposed to interference by Americans and others in Iraqs internal affairs and do not endorse it, because we believe the Iraqi government and nation and the countrys religious leadership (Marja) have the capability to end this sedition and will do that by the grace of God, Ayatollah Khamenei said.
Elaborating on the hostile plots hatched by the outsiders in Iraq, the Leader stated that the Western hegemonic powers, specifically the United States of America regime are seeking to take the advantge of a number of proxies ignorance and bigotry to carry out their plots in Iraq.
The main objective behind the recent incidents in Iraq, Ayatollah Khamenei explained, is to deprive the Iraqis of the whole things they have achieved in spite of the US presence and interference in their country, the most important of which has been democracy.
The US is not satisfied with the ongoing process in Iraq, namely the holding of (parliamentary) election with a good turnout of people and the election of candidates whom the people trust, the Iranian leader stressed, noting that the US wants to maintain dominance in Iraq and see obedient leaders’ rule in the Arab country.
Masked men from the militant Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) backed by the remnants of Bath party loyalists have captured swathes of northern Iraq this month, aiming to create what they call an Islamic Caliphate.
Following Iraqi top Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistanis religious decree (Fatwa) which called on Iraqis to take up arms against terrorists, nearly 1.5 million Iraqis have volunteered to join battles against the al-Qaeda-linked militants.
Earlier Iranian President Hassan Rouhani also said that his countrymen will not hesitate to defend holy shrines in Iraq if need be, but he has also said, like supreme leader, that Iraqis are capable of doing that job themselves.
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