Joint effort needed against Mideast terrorism: Larijani

Iran’s Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani has underscored the need for a comprehensive campaign against terrorist groups across the Middle East.

At a Monday meeting with Iraqi Parliament Speaker Salim al-Jabouri on the sidelines of the 131st Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in Geneva, Larijani called for Tehran-Baghdad cooperation to counter terrorism.

The two sides also discussed the situation across the Middle East and the atrocities committed by terrorists in Iraq and Syria.

ISIL Takfiri terrorists, who currently control parts of Syria and Iraq, have committed widespread acts of violence, including mass executions, abductions, torture and forcing women into slavery in the areas they have seized in the two countries.

They have threatened all communities, including Shias, Sunnis, Kurds, Christians and Izadi Kurds, as they continue their atrocities in the two neighboring Arab states.

Larijani and Jabouri also reviewed bilateral parliamentary relations and ways of promoting the two countries’ ties.

Earlier in the day, Larijani met the parliament speakers of Syria, Bangladesh, Lebanon, Serbia and President of the International Committee of the Red Cross Peter Maurer.