Assyrian Church leader hails Iran's anti-Daesh fight to save humanity in Iraq, Syria
The Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, Mar Awa III, has commended Iran's battle against the Daesh terrorist group to protect humanity and faith in Iraq and Syria.
In a Monday meeting with Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi in Tehran, the Assyrian patriarch also hailed Iran's commitment to interfaith dialogue and respect for monotheistic religions.
The presence of representatives of various religions in the structure of the Islamic establishment shows the Islamic Republic’s high respect for monotheistic religions, he said, expressing hope that such affinity would be further improved.
The Iranian president, for his part, said oppression and cruelty against humanity in various parts of the world are emanating from the lack of morality and faith.
Raeisi added that faith and morality are the key needs of the human society, which could solve many problems if applied correctly.
He noted that many developed countries are suffering from a lack of faith and moral values, emphasizing, "Humans do not merely need development and welfare but amongst the most important needs of humans in such societies, which have been overlooked, are morality, spirituality and relationship with God."
The Iranian president pointed out that the Takfiri terrorists falsely claimed to be advocating religious values, while committing crimes in the region.
He added that those who stood against the criminal terrorists and rid the region of their threat were endowed with true faith and morality, including senior anti-terror Iranian and Iraqi commanders, Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis.
General Soleimani, commander of the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), al-Muhandis, the second-in-command of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), and their companions were assassinated in a US drone strike authorized by former US President Donald Trump near Baghdad International Airport on January 3, 2020.
Both commanders were highly revered across the Middle East because of their key role in fighting the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group in the region, particularly in Iraq and Syria.
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