Terrorism Must Be Fought at Ideological, Financial Roots, Says Qassemi
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has once again warned that terrorism poses a threat to the entire international community, stressing the importance of fighting the scourge at its roots.
“The only way to uproot this global threat is to confront the sources and main ideological, financial and promotional roots of terrorism,” Qassemi said on Saturday.
He condemned the terrorist attacks in France, Afghanistan and Egypt over the past two days and expressed sympathy with the bereaved families of the victims.
The Iranian spokesperson said the geographical dispersion of such terrorist attacks show that “terrorism is a global problem and has a global solution.”
An explosion in Egypt’s coastal city of Alexandria on Saturday killed two people, including a policeman, the Egyptian Interior Ministry said.
The explosion occurred in the district of Roshdi when the head of the Alexandria Security Directorate was passing by. No group has claimed responsibility for the blast yet.
At least five people, including the gunman, were also killed after a gunman claiming allegiance to the Daesh terrorist group fired shots and took hostages in southern France on Friday.
The incidents occurred at a supermarket in Trebes and the nearby town of Carcassonne.
Saudi Arabia main sponsor of terrorism in world, Says Qassemi
BahramQassemi said also on Saturday that Saudi Arabia is the main sponsor of terrorism, insecurity, instability and extremism in the region and world.
He termed remarks of Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir in US-based Brookings Institution as “hypocritical, void and free from reality” and added, “this is not for the first time that Saudi officials state such baseless and unfounded remarks in order to secure their position in the region.”
Today, it is obvious for all rulers in the world and even for American politicians that which country is the main sponsor of terrorism, insecurity, instability and extremism in the region and world, Qassemi reiterated.
It is for more than three years that Saudi Arabia is bombarding the impoverished Yemen for uncertain reason while the foreign minister of this Arabic country raises political solution for regional crises especially in Yemen, he said, adding, “Saudi Arabian government speaks to the oppressed and famine-stricken Yemenis with the language of bombs, fire and violence and nothing else.”
Islamic Republic of Iran is a country with natural boundaries and with an age-old and ancient history in a way that its cultural boundaries are beyond its geographical boundaries, he emphasized.
In conclusion, Foreign Ministry Spokesman BahramGhasemi added, “undoubtedly, the Islamic Republic of Iran has always helped restore peace, security and stability in the region as well as fight against terrorism, extremism and violence.”
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