(AhlulBayt News Agency) - Addressing a large and fervent congregation of the people in Tehran Prayers Ground (Mosalla), Ayatollah Emami Kashani said, "The global arrogance is looking for creating violence in the Middle East by disintegrating Syria and Iraq."
The Ayatollah said the hegemonic powers falsely wished to create a new Middle East and disintegrate Iraq and Syria, but God Almighty did not let their dream be met.
The senior cleric expressed the hope that Mosul, which is on the verge of liberation by the Iraqi military and popular forces, will soon be liberated on God's mercy.
He also hoped that Daesh criminals of and their supporters, that are unfortunately some leaders of Islamic states, would be defeated and their plots and conspiracies would be foiled.
Ayatollah Emami Kashani called people's participation in funeral procession of the late Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani as a sign of national unity.
He also expressed deep sorrow over demise of the late Ayatollah and extended condolences to the Supreme Leader of Islamic Revolution, religious leaders, seminarians and his bereaved family on the tragic occasion.
In relevant remarks in late December, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Jaberi Ansari in a meeting with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri in Beirut called for collective efforts to fight terrorism and extremism in the region.
"Resolution of regional crises not possible without fighting terrorism," Jaber Ansari said during the meeting in the Lebanese capital.
The Iranian deputy foreign minister, meantime, said that Lebanon is an exemplary country in case of resistance against foreign occupation and Zionist regime's expansionism.
"Lebanon is a good example of co-existence of various social, political, religious and racial groups in the region," Jaberi Ansari said.
He, meantime, called the election of new president and formation of new government in Lebanon as "positive" development for the region.
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