TEHRAN (Tasnim) - An Iranian parliamentarian compared the fate of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) with that of the terrorist group Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO) who were eradicated despite all their acts of terror.The ISIL terrorist acts resemble those of the MKO at the end of Iraq-Iran war in late 1980s when the terrorist group MKO planned to enter Iran and capture the capital Tehran. As the MKO ended in failure, the ISIL would be defeated because they lack enough preparations, said the member of Iranian Parliament's Foreign Policy and National Security Commission Mohammad Saleh Jokar in the Iranian city of Qom.
The lawmaker also told the Tasnim News Agency that stability will definitely restored in Iraq.
Jokar stressed that the ISIL receives the most strategic support from the US and the Saudi Arabia.
Earlier the Supreme Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei had called the recent developments in Iraq an "attempt by the hegemonic powers to destabilize the country and threaten the countrys territorial integrity by using the remnants of Saddam regime as the main players and the bigoted Takfiri (extremist) elements as infantry."
In early June, following its large-scale offensives in Iraq, the ISIL seized control of most parts of Mosul, the second most populous city in Iraq and its surrounding Nineveh province.
The terrorists attacks have reportedly forced more than half a million people in Nineveh Province to flee their homes.
Following Iraqi top Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistanis religious decree (Fatwa) which called on Iraqis to take up arms against terrorists, nearly 1.5 million Iraqis have volunteered to join battles against the al-Qaeda-linked militants. The volunteers consist of people from all walks of life including retired officers.
By Tasnim News Agency
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