Rafsanjani: US confused with situation in Islamic world
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Damascus, April 13, IRNA
Iran-Rafsanjani-PIJ
Visiting Iranian Expediency Council Chairman Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said here Wednesday that the situation in Muslim states including Iraq, Palestine and Lebanon have changed to the confusion of the US.
Meeting with Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) Secretary-General Ramadan Shalah here, Rafsanjani said the "US has not succeded in its hostile policies toward Islamic countries as evidenced by the defeat of their ominous plots through the continued defiance and struggle of Muslim states."
Praising the Palestinian resistance against the occupying Zionist regime, Rafsanjani said the people of Palestine were currently passing through a very "sensitive" period in their history which calls for all parties to unite in the common struggle to liberate Palestine from the yoke of its oppressors.
Meanwhile, Shalah, for his part, congratulated Iran for its recent success in the nuclear field, saying its completion of the nuclear fuel cycle is a great source of honor and pride for the entire world of Islam.
He, moreover, said that Palestinian fighters saw Rafsanjani as a "symbol of the struggle against colonial powers" and support his stances to achieve this end.
Rafsanjani is currently in Syria upon an invitation of President Bashar al-Assad.
He arrived in Damascus on Wednesday and has already met with a number of senior Syrian officials including President Assad.
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