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\u00a0Major General Qassem Soleimani of Iran says the Islamic Republic does not seek materialistic interests in supporting Iraq and Syria \u2014 where it has advisory military presence \u2014 and the Palestinian cause.
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\n\u201cWhen we entered Iraq, we didn\u2019t differentiate between our interests and those of Iraq; and we were not after [taking control of] oil wells or seizing cities like Mosul or Kirkuk. We did not and do not have monetary demands, either,\u201d Major General Soleimani, who commands the Quds Force of Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), said on Sunday.
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\nHe also said that Iran did not support the Palestinian people because of \u201cShia interests.\u201d Almost all Palestinians are Sunnis, he said, and yet \u201cwe defend them.\u201d\u00a0
\nThe senior commander also said that in spite of the violent capacities of the Daesh terrorist group and the creation of such other militant outfits as Jaish al-Islam in Syria, Iran had been able to bring stability to Syria.
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\nReferring to Daesh terrorists, he said, \u201cThese are people who send a hundred suicide bombers to the battlefield every day.\u201d
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\n\u201cIt was with religion that we fought against their religious war, not with military power,\u201d the Iranian commander said.
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\nDaesh launched a terrorist offensive inside Iraq in 2014. It swiftly took over territory in the Arab country and posed a threat to seize the capital, Baghdad, too. Iran then offered advisory military assistance to both the central government in Baghdad and the regional government in Iraqi Kurdistan, helping them both maintain ground and win back territory lost to the terrorist group.
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\nIn Syria, too, Iran has been offering advisory support to the government. An armed conflict broke out in Syria in 2011 and soon transformed into a foreign-backed militancy by a hodgepodge of terrorist groups, including Daesh.
\n\u00a0Major General Soleimani said the Iranian government had succeeded in transcending matters of language and race, thus bringing about stability.
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\nHe said Iran was now enjoying a status of real power in the region<\/p>","content_source":"","content_url":"","content_columns":"0","content_date_start":"2017-08-21 15:27:57","content_date_finish":"2017-08-21 15:27:57","content_date_register":"2017-08-21 15:29:48","content_date_last_edit":"2017-08-21 15:29:48","content_show_img":"1","content_show_details":"0","content_show_related_img":"0","content_show_slider":"1","content_show_title_slider":"1","content_comment":"1","content_score":"0","content_recorded":"0","content_confirmed":"0","content_status":"1","content_kind":"0","tag_id":null,"tag_word":null,"tag_service":null,"tag_total":null,"tag_soundex":null,"attach_token":"1318401146","attach_date_register":"2017-08-21 15:29:46","attach_id":"2541","attach_file_ext":"jpg","attach_file_header":"image\/jpeg","attach_img_type":"2","attach_img_width":"1000","attach_img_height":"667","attach_file_media":"1","attach_show_watermark":"1","score_average":null,"score_count":null,"score_date_last":null,"visit_count":"2192","visit_date_last":"2024-11-02 02:04:47","attach_title":"Iran\u2019s interests in Iraq, Syria not materialistic: Commander Soleimani 2","node_title":"Favorite,News","ot_node_left_right":"[{\"node_id\":98, \"left\":2, \"right\":11},{\"node_id\":126, \"left\":64, \"right\":65}]","node_number":"2","allowable_node":"2"}]]