Iran to support Iraq in confrontation with terrorism mightily: Deputy FM

Iranian deputy foreign minister for Arab and African affairs referring to emerged emergency status in Iraq said on Wednesday we will mightily support Iraq in its confrontation with terrorism.

Hossein Amir-Abdollahian told IRNA, “We are sure that the Iraqi armed forces will powerfully and effectively crash the terrorist and Takfiri forces.”

Amir-Abdollahian also strongly condemned the occupation of the Turkish consulate office in Mosul, Iraq and the kidnapping of the head consul and its diplomatic staffs by the ISIS terrorists.

ISIL terrorists outfit on Wednesday seized the Turkish consulate in the Iraqi city of Mosul and kidnapped the head of the diplomatic mission of this country along with 24 staff members as residents fled the city in their thousands.
According to media reports, 40 Turkish security forces were guarding their country’s consular office as terrorists raided the.

The Iraqi Prime Minister declared state of full emergency in Iraq on Tuesday following the full downfall of Ninawa province and the occupation of Tikrit and some other regions by the ISIL terrorists.