Rouhani: Silence for Short – Term Interests Against Terrorist Groups Unwise

President Hassan Rouhani said on Thursday that silence in dealing with terrorist groups and those backing Daesh terrorists is not advisable.

Speaking to a group of intellectuals and political and international researchers in Paris, he said it is quite evident that who purchases Daesh oil, which oil refinery refines their crude oil and also who provides them with sophisticated weapons.

‘My question is that why all have kept mum instead of dealing with the issue and uprooting terrorism,’ asked the Iranian president.

Intelligence services and those backing these terrorists groups are now regarding them as grenade without safety pin ring, he said.

Some 17,000 Iranian have been victimized by terrorist measures, said President Rouhani, adding that Iranian people were very sorrow for the recent painful incident in Paris and Tehran insists that terrorism is a great problem which should be dealt with otherwise it will engulf the entire world.

Ignorance and poverty should be regarded as root cause of violence and extremism in the world, he said.

‘The phenomenon could not be uprooted through military means but it requires cultural stride instead,’ Rouhani added.

There are many people and tribes in the Middle East region who have been humiliated over sixty years and such humiliation could lead to enmity, he said.

It is not fair to judge about some 1.3 billion Muslims through the ill-behavior of some terrorist groups, President Rouhani said.

Iran’s nuclear deal with G5+1 could be regarded as a model in resolving international disputes, he added.

The first leg of European tour took President Rouhani to Italy and he is now in France on his second leg of the European tour.

The Iranian president is to stay in France for two days and is to meet the country’s officials as well as business entrepreneurs.

International conference on fight against takfiri terrorists winds up in Qom

On the other hand in Qom, the international conference on ‘Fight against Takfirism’ wound up on Thursday in Qom from 25 foreign countries along with some domestic scientific and cultural figures.

In the final day, the Ulema issued a final statement to conclude the international conference.

A number of senior Ulema such as Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi and Jafar Sobhani and Supreme Leader’s bureau chief Ayatollah Mohammad Mohammadi Golpaygani, Head of the Strategic Center at the Expediency Council Ali Akbar Velayati along with some other clerics attended the meeting.

The final statement read that Muslim world is now experiencing a very tough time and extremist and Takfiri groups are the root cause of carnage, violence, vandalism and it is among grave responsibilities of Ulema to condemn and deal with such phenomena.

The international conference was held on Thursday, January 18.

Different understandings of Muslims from Islamic teachings is the root cause of such differences of opinions, pointed some scholars in the gathering.

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