TEHRAN (FNA)- Lieutenant Commander of Khatam ol-Anbia Air Defense Base General Shahrokh Shahram said the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorist group is engaged in a proxy war in Syria and Iraq to kill the Muslims."Today the Takfiri and ISIL forces are killing Muslims in the region on behalf of the US the same way over 30 countries helped Saddam (Hussein) during the imposed war to pave the way for the collapse of the Islamic Republic through waging war against Iran," General Shahram said.
He reiterated that the slaughter of the Muslims in Syria and Iraq is taking place on behalf of the US, implying that the ISIL and other terrorist organizations' operations in Syria and Iraq are part of a US plot against the Muslim world.
Earlier this week, Tehrans provisional Friday Prayers Leader Ayatollah Seyed Ahmad Khatami underlined that the US and Israel have created and supported the ISIL to sow discord among Muslims.
Addressing a large and fervent congregation of the people on Tehran University campus on Friday, Ayatollah Khatami said, "The US and Israel are supporting the ISIL with the purpose of disintegrating Iraq and create differences among Muslims."
He reiterated that what is currently going on in Iraq is not a fight between the Shiites and Sunnis because the Shiite and Sunni religious authorities have on several occasions condemned the ISIL and its crimes.
The provisional Friday prayers leader said the US and the Zionist regime are plotting to introduce Islam as a tough religion in a bid to allow Israel continue its crime against Muslims.
By Fars News Agency
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