Make US troops leave Iraq as soon as possible: Ayatollah Khamenei
Tehran (KN) - Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the Baghdad government should expel US forces from Iraq as soon as possible.
Relations between the Islamic Republic of Iran and Iraq are beyond relations between two neighboring countries and the Iranian government and nation regard progress and prosperity of Iraq as beneficial to themselves," the Leader said in a meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi and his accompanying delegation in Tehran on Saturday.
"But despite their remarks, the Americans regard democracy and Iraq's current political activists to their detriment and based on this, the Iraqi government should do something [to ensure] that American military troops will leave Iraq as soon as possible," Ayatollah Khamenei added.
The Leader emphasized that Iraq could turn into the Arab world's most influential country thanks to its human capacities and rich underground resources.
The US and its stooges in the region oppose the current democratic process in Iraq and believe that it would be against their interests, the Leader stated.
Ayatollah Khamenei added that the Iraqi government, parliament and current political activists were not favored by the US and therefore it was hatching plots to eliminate them from the political scene of Iraq.
Source: PressTV