A senior advisor to Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution,�says terrorists are all one and�the same and it would be ridiculous to�categorize�them into�"moderates and extremists."

�Certain Western governments, reactionary governments in the region and the US have categorized terrorist groups as moderate and extremist [terrorists] which is utterly�ridiculous,� Ali Akbar Velayati said in a Sunday meeting with Russian Ambassador to Tehran Levan Dzhagaryan.

He added that such a categorization is just a �pretext� to ostensibly fight a given�a terrorist group while supporting certain other extremist and Takfiri groups�to perpetuate�their evil acts�in the region.

�We believe that in addition to Daesh [ISIL], which is backed by Israel, the US and certain regional countries, any type of extremism and any kind of terrorist groups should be confronted,� added Velayati, who is the president of the�Iranian�Expediency Council's Center for Strategic Research.
He pointed to the presence of Iran and Russia in some regional countries and noted that cooperation with the legitimate�Syrian and Iraqi governments is based on their request.

However, he said, some reactionary regional states�are training terrorists and providing them with support without any mandates.

Velayati stressed the importance of adopting strategies and showing the�necessary determination to fight all types of terrorism.

The senior Iranian official also urged the expansion of all-out and long-term relations with Russia.

�The two countries can have robust�cooperation to solve regional and international problems,� he said.

The Russian envoy, for his part,�provided a report�on�the cooperation between the two countries and stressed the need for more mutual�interaction in the fight against ISIL Takfiris and further tapping into Tehran and Moscow's capacities.

The ISIL Takfiri group has been wreaking havoc in some�Middle Eastern countries, mainly�Syria and Iraq. The Takfiri group has also expanded its roots in the African countries of Egypt and Libya. The terrorist group also poses a threat to Western countries.

Several�foreign governments, including some regional states, have been blamed�for supporting�the ISIL militants.

By Press TV