Iran Vows To Defend Muslim Nations Against Terrorism, Israel

[Purveyor]

Source: Associated Press

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran's President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday vowed to defend Muslim countries against terrorism and Israel while insisting that its neighbors should not feel threatened.

Speaking during a National Army Day parade in which Iranian forces displayed sophisticated air defense systems recently acquired from Russia, Rouhani praised Tehran's role in helping the Syrian and Iraqi governments roll back the Islamic State group.

"If tomorrow your capitals face danger from terrorism or Zionism, the power that will give you a positive answer is the Islamic Republic of Iran," he said. But he added that Iran would only help if Muslim countries asked it to, and said its military power was purely for defensive and deterrent purposes.

"The power of our armed forces is not against our southern, northern, eastern and western neighbors," he said.

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[Archae]

1. Just has to throw in thier "Zionism" strawman...

I read a couple months ago that the "Protocols of Zion" is still being openly sold in Iran.

[lark]

2. Israel is openly threatening against Iran,

they got that part right. Thankfully, we aren't supporting them in bombing Iran and completely fucking up the entire middle east. One more reason the country absolutely couldn't survive a Repug president at this time. Both of the leading RW contenders have said they would bomb Iran, almost immediately after they took office.

[EX500rider]

3. Is this right after they stop supporting and fomenting terrorists groups?

In July 2012, the United States State Department released a report on terrorism around the world in 2011. The report states that "Iran remained an active state sponsor of terrorism in 2011 and increased its terrorist-related activity" and that "Iran also continued to provide financial, material, and logistical support for terrorist and militant groups throughout the Middle East and Central Asia." The report states that Iran has continued to provide "lethal support, including weapons, training, funding, and guidance, to Iraqi Shia militant groups targeting U.S. and Iraqi forces, as well as civilians," despite pledging to support the stabilization of Iraq, and that the Qods Force provided training to the Taliban in Afghanistan on "small unit tactics, small arms, explosives, and indirect fire weapons, such as mortars, artillery, and rockets." The report further states that Iran has provided weapons and training to the Assad regime in Syria which has launched a brutal crackdown on Syrian rebels, as well as providing weapons, training, and funding to Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command, among others, and has assisted in rearming Hizballah. The report states as well that Iran has remained unwilling to bring to justice senior members of Al Qaeda that it continued to detain, and also refused to publicly identify these senior members, as well as that Iran has allowed Al Qaeda members to operate a core facilitation pipeline through Iranian territory, which has enabled Al Qaeda to carry funds and move facilitators and operatives to South Asia and elsewhere.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_and_state-sponsored_terrorism

[OwlinAZ]

4. Iran must defend Islamic terrorists

from themselves.

[JI7]

5. so they will stop fighting each other if israel attacks any of them ?