Azadi Tower or Monument is the symbol of Tehran, the capital of Iran, and marks the west entrance to the city
Source: BBC
Iran is ready to assist the Iraqi government in its battle against extremist Sunni Islamists, President Hassan Rouhani has said.
But he denied Iran had sent troops into Iraq to help bolster Iraqi government forces’ defences.
The insurgents – from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) – have seized the cities of Mosul and Tikrit and are moving closer to Baghdad.
They regard Iraq’s Shia majority as “infidels”.
Iran has close ties with the Shia-dominated Iraqi leadership which came to power after the toppling of President Saddam Hussein, whose powerbase was the country’s Sunni minority.
ISIS is a hardline Islamist militant group that grew during the US-led occupation and is one of several jihadist militias fighting the rule of Bashar al-Assad in neighbouring Syria.
It is about time USA, UK and others who helped destroy Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya with their unjust interference and brute force to realize that they should have either left them alone. Their interference have achieved nothing whatsoever but anarchy. Now is the time to stop aiding and abetting the Terrorist in Syria.