TEHRAN(Basirat): Tehran temporary Friday Prayer Leader Ayatolllah Seyyed Ahmad Khatami said that Europeans and Americans are not intent on annihilating the Daesh terrorist group, as they are seeking a 'managed Daesh'.
Addressing congregational prayers, he added that the western anti-Daesh
alliance was deceptive as the coalition did nothing against the
terrorist group.
Ayatollah Khatami further added that days of
Daesh are numbered and they who dreamed of a great government extending
from Iraq to Syria are gone but they left a record abounding with
treason and crime.
'The world should be thankful of Islamic
establishment, fatwas of sources of emulation, Iraqi government, Iraqi
Army and popular forces as well as Syrian government which warded the
threat off the humanity,' he said.
The cleric also said that the
westerners formed anti-Daesh alliance but they did nothing to that
effect; rather they aided it in some cases.
Referring to
neutralization of Israel's new plot in the region, he said that the
referendum in Iraqi Kurdistan was a plot for creating a new Israel in
the region.
Iranian officials advised the Kurdistan Regional
officials no to hold the poll but it fell on deaf ears in Erbil, he
said, hailing the Iraqi government's swift move to re-capture Kirkuk to
thwart their plot.
The Friday prayer leader also called on KRG's
officials to stand next to the Iraqi integrated government and avoid
being a tool in the hands of arrogant powers.
Pointing to
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Al-Hariri's resignation from power, Khatami
said that Saudi Arabia committed a flagrant interference in the
country's affairs, as it forced the Lebanese premier to step down.
Saudi
Arabia favors a troubled Lebanon, favors a chaotic Lebanon, he said,
accusing the country of being involved in plots hatched in Iraq and
Syria.
Elsewhere in his sermon, Khatami hailed massive turnout on
Arbaeen Day, saying that the religious procession deserves to be
analyzed.
Source:IRNA