‘Iran will continue to back Iraq in anti-ISIL fight’

Iran’s Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani says Tehran will continue to support Iraq in its fight against the ISIL Takfiri militants.

In a meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi in Baghdad on Wednesday, Larijani expressed hope that certain countries, whose policies have spread terrorist activities in the region, would change their approaches.

The Iraqi premier, for his part, commended Iran’s full support for his country in the battle against terrorism and said Tehran has stood by the Iraqi nation in difficult times.

He added that cooperation between the Iranian and Iraqi nation would lead to a bright future for the two countries and the entire region.