...Iran's doddering head theocrat...
Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei
...the successor to Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and the actual dictator of Iran...
has called on neighboring Iraq to remain vigilant in the face of American plots, warning that the US is not trustworthy.
In a Thursday meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi in Tehran, the Leader expressed Iran’s support for the Iraqi government’s efforts to develop ties with regional states.
Ayatollah Khamenei, however, advised the Iraqi nation to remain "cautious about the Americans’ deceptions, and never put trust in them."
"The Americans created ISIS [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...terrorists] themselves, but now that the Lions of Islam have been defeated by the Iraqi government and people, they pretend to be supportive of this important development," the Leader said.
"However,
if you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning...
they will undoubtedly not hesitate to harm Iraq again if they find the opportunity," the Leader added.