TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani underlined the Armed Forces' efforts to establish security not only in Iran but also in other regional countries.

"The Islamic Republic of Iran thinks not only about its people's interests and territory but also about supporting and helping the oppressed people of this dear region; the day Erbil faced the danger of collapse, the Iranian Armed Forces, political forces, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), Basij (volunteer forces) and government saved that territory," Rouhani said, addressing a large gathering of Iranian people in the Western city of Mahabad on Tuesday.

He also referred to the threat posed by the ISIL and al-Nusra terrorist groups to Damascus, and reminded that Iran positively responded to the Syrian government's demand for help at that time.

Rouhani underscored that the terrorists and their supporters which have fomented plots in Iraq and Syria and are spreading terrorism and bloodshed, don�t know anything and aren�t related to Islam, the holy Quran and humanity.

In relevant remarks earlier this month, a representative of the Iraqi volunteer forces (Hashd al-Shaabi) appreciated Iran and Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Force Commander Major General Qassem Soleimani for assisting his country in the campaign against terrorism and safeguarding its territorial integrity.

"We were surrounded in Samarra and had lost everything but this brave commander (General Soleimani) came to our help with all his forces and broke the siege," Seyed Hamid Hosseini said, addressing the Shiite pilgrims in the Central city of Qom.

"If the Islamic Republic of Iran and its leader didn�t help us, I say very explicitly that no Iraq wound exist today," he added.

Iran is providing Iraq and Syria with military advisory and humanitarian aid in their fight against terrorist groups.

General Soleimani said in March that Takfiri terrorism threatens all Muslims, and Iran has waged war on those terrorists that trade enslaved women and children.

"The fire of Takfiri and Takfirism has engulfed in homes of our Sunni brothers. Those behind this are under the illusion that they can bring Shiism and the Islamic Republic to their knees. More than anywhere else, Takfiri groups have targeted the sanctity of humanity and the Sunni world," General Soleimani said, addressing a ceremony in Tehran.

General Soleimani then asked those behind the smear campaign to question Iran's policy in its ongoing war on terror, "Is it adventurism if the Islamic Republic makes sacrifices to defend Muslims? Is it wrong for the Islamic Republic to battle a group that in just one region is buying and selling some 20,000 unfortunate enslaved young women? Is it wrong for the Islamic Republic to stand against the anti-Muslim current and stop the demolition of Mosques and Muslim holy sites?"

His remarks came after Iraqi Minister of Human Rights Mohammed Mahdi Ameen al-Bayati said the Takfiri ISIL terrorist group has sold more than 5,000 women and girls merely from Iraq�s Izadi Kurdish minority in their slave market.

By Fars News Agency