TEHRAN: Iranian President Hassan Rowhani called yesterday for a regional response to the threat posed by the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria rather than the deployment of troops from further afield.
“If countries in the region agree, they could eliminate anti-Islamic groups like Daesh and liberate thousands of men, women and children who have lost their homes,” Rowhani told an anti-extremism conference in Tehran, using the Arabic acronym for IS.
“In this case, there would be no need for the presence of foreigners,” he added.
Rowhani called for countries to “stop direct and indirect financial aid to terrorist groups.”
He also called for a change in teaching at religious learning centres to prevent young people being radicalised and for the international community to fight “the use of the Internet and social networks by terrorists”.
AFP
