Iran Reiterates Firm Stand against Israelis’ Dreams for Disintegration of Iraq

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir Abdollahian underlined that the country will stand firm against the Zionist regime’s dreams and wishes to disintegrate the regional states, specially Iraq.
“Speaking about Iraq’s disintegration is a Zionist plot and we won’t forget that in recent days the only official who supported the independence of the Iraqi Kurdistan region much happily and excitedly and persuaded this region to disintegration was (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu,” Amir Abdollahian said in an interview with the Iran-based Arabic-language Al-Alam news channel on Sunday.

Stressing Iran’s opposition to the separation of Iraq’s different regions, he said, “We will never allow Netanyahu’s dreams for Iraq and our region which are aimed at disintegrating the important and sensitive region of West Asia to come true.”

President of Iraq’s Kurdistan Region Masoud Barzani has recently said that he wants to hold a referendum on full independence of his region. His remarks came after Netanyahu endorsed the de-facto independence of Iraqi Kurds, citing the “collapse” of Iraq amid the foreign-backed terrorist campaign in the country by the al-Qaeda-linked ISIL Takfiri militants.

Netanyahu further urged support for the “Kurdish aspiration for independence”.

In response, senior Iranian officials warned some regional actors that speaking about Iraq’s separation means playing in enemies’ court.

“Given the recent position taken by Netanyahu on supporting the Iraqi Kurdistan’s independence, any steps taken in this regard will implement the Zionist regime’s special goals in the region,” Chairman of the Iranian parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Alaeddin Boroujerdi said Tuesday.

He said anyone who speaks of Iraq’s disintegration, he/she is playing in the enemies’ court.

Boroujerdi underlined that the Islamic Republic of Iran is sensitively and seriously opposed to the disintegration of any Muslim state, adding that maintaining Iraq’s territorial integrity is an unavoidable necessity.

Also last week, Hamid Aboutalebi, the Iranian President’s Deputy Chief of Staff compared Iraq’s present conditions with Ukraine’s conditions before the separation of Crimea, and said, “I caution the Iraqi statesmen to take lesson from Ukraine’s recent political developments.”

He further noted that if the Iraqi people and leaders do not show sufficient wisdom and do not take warnings as serious, Iraq will face a similar fate like Ukraine.