US Anti-ISIL Campaign Not Trustworthy, Says Abdollahian

TEHRAN – Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian voiced suspicion over the real intentions of the US-led coalition in its fight against the ISILFNA reported.

Speaking in a meeting with Dutch Deputy Foreign Minister Jeir Tess on Monday, Amir Abdollahian said that Iran has suspicion at the US determination to fight the ISIL.

 He further said that the measures taken by the US-led coalition have not only left no impact on the ISIL’s stand, but it further aggravated extremism.

If the US and other western governments had prevented their citizens from joining the ISIL terrorist group and asked neighbors of Iraq and Syria not to allow terrorists to use their borders, the ISIL would have been destroyed and there were no need for coalition and such shows.

NATO heads of state convened in the Welsh city of Newport on 4-5 September and US Secretary of State John Kerry and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told foreign and defense ministers participating in the NATO summit that the US was forming a broad international coalition against the ISIL.

Ministers from the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Canada, Australia, Turkey, Italy, Poland and Denmark met in Wales to hammer out a strategy for battling the ISIL, but the policy was questioned by many regional officials and political leaders.

After the so-called US-led coalition against the ISIL declared its creation, Iran lashed out at the western states for pursuing a double-standard policy towards campaign against terrorism in various countries.

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