Iran’s Khamenei rejected U.S. request for cooperation against ISIS

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Iranian President Hassan Rohani visits Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in the hospital on September 8.
Iranian President Hassan Rohani visits Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in the hospital on September 8.
Iran rejected a U.S. request for cooperation against the jihadist Islamic State group early in its advance in Iraq and Syria, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Monday.

“Right from the start, the United States asked through its ambassador in Iraq whether we could cooperate against Daesh (Arabic acronym for ISIS),” Khamenei said in a statement on his official website.

“I said no, because they have dirty hands,” said Khamenei, who has the final say on all matters of state in Iran.

“Secretary of State (John Kerry) personally asked (Iranian counterpart) Mohammad Javad Zarif and he rejected the request,” said Khamenei, who was leaving hospital after what doctors said was successful prostate surgery.

He accused Washington of seeking a “pretext to do in Iraq and Syria what it already does in Pakistan — bomb anywhere without authorization.”

Washington had appealed for help from all regional states against the jihadists, who spearheaded a lightning offensive through the Sunni Arab heartland north and west of Baghdad in June and then unleashed a wave of atrocities against ethnic and religious minorities.

But last week Kerry ruled out cooperation with Tehran citing its “engagement in Syria and elsewhere” and neither the Iranian nor the Syrian governments were invited to an international conference on the ISIS threat that opened in Paris on Monday.

Tehran has been the main regional ally of the Damascus government throughout the three-and-a-half-year uprising against President Bashar al-Assad’s rule.

It strongly criticized President Barack Obama’s announcement last Wednesday that he had authorized U.S. air strikes against ISIS targets in Syria without the consent of Damascus.

Al Arabiya

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4 responses to “Iran’s Khamenei rejected U.S. request for cooperation against ISIS”

  1. 5thDrawer Avatar

    You get dirty hands from doing work.

  2. sweetvirgo Avatar

    Iran’s hands are never dirty

  3. 5thDrawer Avatar

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  4. 9 11 is the work of Zionist Jews and Top American Politicians at the time.and it,s top office officers,who are bribed by Zionist Jews.Than blame muslims in order to destroy them on behalf of Israel.It is too hard to survive in midst of too many Arabs.Israel must plan something to destroy these Arabs.Than America dethrone Saddam are superior at the area.Hence there are wars forever in Iraq,since Sunni will rebel on Syiah,who the new master in Iraq.They know this.To plant democracy is a fake.America not intervene in Syria in order to prolong the war.Otherwise they are .fighting ISIS ,also in order to prolong a war,since Syiah Iraq was defeated by ISIS Sunni.Now America dragged all over the world to fight ISIS.But they will make sure not to fight ISIS to the end in order to prolong wars.There are no too strong force in any side at the area.That is their plan to destroy Arabs.America is hiding it true black face in the name of democracy and it going to show it,s white face all over the world.America is not helping.The worse American now, was Zionist Jew,s slaves.America will drag all nation to fight and die for Jews,including ignorant Arabs,who are only protecting their crown ,not their religion.At the past many Arabs are using religion as a tool to gain politic.They don,t care if they are going to corrupted religious teaching by that,including Persians.That why muslims divided in three.Sunni,Syiah and Wahabi.Their politic also is the same.Some of Arab practice monarchy..some of them practice dictatorship..some times autocracy…some of them practice democracy.Hence there are no single tool can unite all Arabs now,not religion and not politic.The worse Arabs politician is too greedy in politic,even in democracy they don,t like to step down.You know well how these greedy politicians behave in monarchy and dictatorship.All fraction. above can destroy Arabs.Lack of civilization,modernization, turned them to be the weakest nation in the world and make them ,even worse..They turned to the most ignorant people in both religion and worldly life.They are fully blind.That why Jews,who are expert in manipulation,cheating,fooling,enslaving,easily defeated these Arabs with the hand of America, who are already being a slaves to Jews,Zionist Jews.To when these Arabs will slack in their deep long slept.Let we see these Arab,s black white drama.

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