Envoy Urges World to Unite Against Terrorists

Date: 06 May 2018 - 21:33

News ID: ۵۲۶۳۵

TEHRAN (Dispatches) -- Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for legal and international affairs Gholam-Hussein Dehqani has urged all states to get united in their fight on terrorism and extremism.
In an address to the International Conference on Countering Terrorism and Preventing Violent Extremism in Tajikistan Saturday, Dehqani described Iran one of the main victims of terrorism where more than 17,000 people have fallen victim to "the nasty phenomena”.
He also touched on Iran’s achievements in the fight against terror and underlined the urgent need for global commitment to eradicating terrorism and extremism across the world.
The Iranian diplomat noted that to achieve the goal, international cooperation, serious political will and appropriate regional mechanisms taken by all regional states are highly significant.
Elsewhere in his remarks, Dehqani said foreign aggression and the occupation of lands is behind a rise of extremism across the world.
"The military adventurism of some states which have paved the way for the current insecurity in the world over the past 15 years should come to an end,” he said.
The diplomat further called for in-depth studies on the root causes of extremism and terrorism, saying the Takfiri ideology leads to a spread of hatred among nations.
Dehqani called for urgent measures to alleviate poverty in the region through creating jobs, stemming financial resources of the terrorists, avoiding double standards in fighting terror and ending use of media to spread extremism and terrorism.