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| Top military officials of Iran, Iraq hold talks amid Kurdish independence vote |
| 2017-09-28 |
| [Iran Press TV] The military brass of Iran and Iraq have met and held talks amid a controversial referendum in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region. Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Baqeri on Wednesday received his Iraqi counterpart Major General Othman al-Ghanmi, who arrived in Tehran at the head of a military delegation earlier in the day. The issue of terrorism, the Kurdish independence vote and matters of mutual interest were among the major topics discussed in the meeting between the top military officials. During the meeting, Baqeri hailed the latest achievements gained by the Iraqi army in the fight against terrorists. "We are so pleased that the Iraqi nation and army have made great gains in the battle against holy warriors and have crushed the Takfiri ...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who must be killed... s," he said. The Iraq official, for his part, said that Iraq was targeted by Takfiri terrorism, adding, however, that most of the territories held by Takfiri gunnies had been liberated. |
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