Iran's Supreme Leader Doubts Western Coalition Seeks to Uproot Terrorism

© AP Photo / Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via APIn this picture released by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivers a speech during a meeting in Tehran, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015
In this picture released by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivers a speech during a meeting in Tehran, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015 - Sputnik International
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The US-led anti-Daesh coalition does not actually seek to eliminate the terrorist threat in Iraq or Syria, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The US-led coalition of more than 60 nations has been conducting airstrikes against Daesh (outlawed in Russia) in Syria and Iraq since 2014. The strikes in Syria are not authorized by the government of President Bashar Assad or by the United Nations Security Council.

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"Although such coalitions may even clash with terrorists in some instances, they are not after genuinely rooting out terrorism in Iraq or in Syria," he said during a meeting with the chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bakir Izetbegovic, as cited by ABNA news agency.

According to media, Khamenei stressed that some of the Western counterterrorism policies were even exacerbating the situation on the ground and contributing to the worldwide spread of terrorism.

Izetbegovic arrived in Tehran on Monday at the invitation of the Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.

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