Top Security Official: Iran Fully Supports Establishment of Security in Iraq

Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani renewed Iran’s support for the establishment of peace and security in Iraq.
“The only way to establish peace and tranquility in Iraq is through respecting the constitution and forging unity,” Shamkhani told reporters on Friday.

He noted that the Iranian government and nation will use all their capacities to help establish sustainable security in Iraq.

On Wednesday, Shamkhani said that Iran will help Iraq tackle the problem of terrorism in the country in a bid to help bring development and progress there.

“The political groups’ respect for the legal frameworks envisaged in the constitution and moving on the path of unity and national integrity is the only existing option for restoring calm and establishing new political and executive mechanisms based on the results of the election,” Shamkhani said.

Shamkhani also expressed his satisfaction over the growing convergence among different Iraqi parties and the political groups in Iraq.

He also described sympathy and friendship among Iraqi political leaders and groups as a clear symbol of political maturity and democracy.

“As before, the Iranian nation and government would utilize all their possibilities for supporting their neighboring country,” he added.

Shamkhani called on all Iraqi groups and coalitions to keep united and respect the frameworks of national unity to protect the country’s national interests and the rule of the law, and demanded them to show much care and attention to the sensitive situation in Iraq which is faced with foreign threats.

He lauded the religious leadership’s role as a pivot for maintaining solidarity and unity in Iraq, and underlined Iran’s support for an integrated and secure Iraq which renders service to its people and enhances its regional position.

Iraq’s President Fuad Masum has asked Haider al-Abadi to form a new government.

Abadi has been nominated as prime minister.

According to Iraq’s constitution, the majority fraction at the parliament should name the prime minister. Also according to the constitution, the country’s president should be a Kurd, while the parliament speaker should be chosen from the Sunnis and the Prime Minister should be appointed from the Shiites.