Hakim thanks Iran for assistance to Iraqi people
IRNA
Tehran, Oct 7, IRNA -- Visiting Head of Supreme Assembly of Islamic
Revolution in Iraq (SAIRI) Abdulaziz Hakim here Tuesday thanked Iran
humanitarian assistance to Iraqi people.
Meeting Head of the Expediency Council (EC) Ali Akbar Hashemi
Rafsanjani, he discussed the current Iraqi developments and expressed
concern over Iraqi deteriorating security.
"The remnants of the Saddam regime, internal squabbling and
occupation by the foreign forces are all obstacles to the
establishment of national sovereignty in Iraq."
The American are incapable of securing stability, so much that
they have asked the Iraqi public for help, the member of Iraqi
governing council said.
Hashemi Rafsanjani expressed sorrow over the martyrdom of
Ayatollah Mohammad Baqer Hakim.
The Iraqi people should be decisive in this historical juncture
and by prudence and wisdom establish a free and democratic Iraq devoid
of foreign troops, he added.
Hashemi-Rafsanjani alluded to the defeat of all occupying powers
throughout the history, saying that holding free elections in
Iraq under the aegis of the United Nations and participation of all
Iraqi ethnic and groups will pave the way for withdrawal of all the
occupied forces.
Hakim succeeded his late brother Ayatollah Seyed Mohammad-Baqer
Hakim who lost his life along with 82 others in a car bomb blast next
to holy shrine of Imam Ali (AS), the first Imam of Prophet Mohammad`s
(PBUH) infallible household, in the holy city of Najaf, Iraq, after
weekly Friday prayers on August 29.
Abdulaziz Hakim returned to Iraq on April 16 after 20 years of
exile through Iraq-Kuwait border.
It is the first visit of Hakim to Iran after his return to Iraq
and appointment as the SAIRI Chief and a member of Iraqi governing
council (IGC).
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