Iran Has Marked A 40-Km Red Zone Inside Iraqi Border

The commander of the Iranian Army’s Ground Forces says Iran has marked a 40-km red zone into the Iraqi border to warn terrorists of any infiltration attempt into Iranian territories.

Brigadier General Ahmad-Reza Pourdastan said Tuesday that the Iranian army warned the ISIL about any potential movement toward the Iranian border since the very beginning of the terrorist group’s incursion into Iraq.

 “When ISIL Takfiri terrorists penetrated western Iraq and were close to the Iranian borders, the Ground Forces were fully ready to annihilate them,” the commander said.

 “We marked a red line 40 kilometers into the Iraqi soil and warned (them) they will face Iran’s harsh response if they cross the line.

 “The group received our message and fled the zone quickly,” he said.

Pourdastan said that the Iranian army is fully familiar with tactics used by terrorists and closely monitors their movement inside Iraq.

The ISIL terrorist group took control of Iraq’s second largest city of Mosul in June 2014, before sweeping through parts of the country’s Muslim Arab heartland.

The Takfiri group, with members from several Western countries, has been carrying out horrific acts of violence such as public decapitations and crucifixions against all communities.

Iran saved Iraq from ISIL – Top Iraqi general

Meanwhile, a top commander of Iraq’s volunteer forces said that, Iran has saved the Iraqi government from the threat of collapse by the ISIL Takfiri group “.

If it were not for the cooperation of the Islamic Republic of Iran and [Major] General [Qasem] Soleimani [a commander of Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC)], we would not today have a government headed by [Iraqi Prime Minister] Haider al-Abadi in Baghdad,” Secretary General of Badr Organization Hadi al-Ameri said in the Iranian capital, Tehran, on Monday.

Ameri made the remarks during a memorial ceremony for Iran’s Brigadier General Hamid Taqavi who recently lost his life in Iraq while on a mission to advise Iraqi troops fighting the ISIL Takfiri terrorists.

“It [the Iraqi government] would not have existed,” Ameri said.

Soleimani was also present at the memorial held for General Taqavi, who was killed late last year in the Iraqi holy city of Samarra.

Iran has repeatedly stressed that it will not interfere militarily in Iraq and Syria, but the Islamic Republic continues to provide support to both countries against ISIL in the form of defense consultation and humanitarian aid.

At the onset of the ISIL advances in Iraq, the Islamic Republic took rapid steps to mobilize popular forces in the country.

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