Press TV- Iranian Intelligence Minister Seyyed Mahmoud Alavi says unity and cordial relations between Shia and Sunni Muslims play a key�role in reinforcing security�in the Middle East.


During a conference on the role of Islamic unity in the establishment of sustainable regional security held in the western Iranian city of Sanandaj on Tuesday,�Alavi�said Muslims must reinforce their unity in order to create a Middle East region free of violence.
�There is no need for enmity among Muslims, because we have a cancerous tumor called the usurping [regime of] Israel�in the region,� the Iranian intelligence minister said.
He, however, emphasized that Israel moves closer�to�collapse every day.

Alavi said enemies seek to sow discord among Muslims,�knowing�that�united Muslim nations cannot be defeated.

He noted that Shia and Sunni Muslims in Iran are united, saying such unity has increased the country�s security despite widespread insecurity in regional countries, including Turkey, Iraq and Pakistan, and even in Europe and the US.
�The enemy has made its utmost effort�to cause insecurity in the country but it has failed,� the Iranian minister said.
Daesh product of US-Israeli�plot

Elsewhere in his remarks, Alavi said the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group is the product of an American-Israeli plot and the terrorist group was created with the purpose of sowing discord among Muslims to guarantee the Israeli regime�s security.

The Islamic Republic never associates�the issue of Takfiris with�Sunni Muslims, he added.

In a bid to stir sectarian strife among Muslims, some Western media have sought to depict the Daesh Takfiri group as Sunni militants; however, Sunni Muslims have been among victims of atrocious attacks by the terrorist group, which is mainly active in Iraq and Syria.