Tehran, May 15: A top Iranian military official has urged Western countries to stop backing despotic Arab regimes in the Middle East in order to facilitate a just peace in the region.
Western governments should not back the corruption and dictatorship of regional Arab governments and should rather pay heed to the interests of people in the region, said Brigadier General Yahya Rahim-Safavi, senior military adviser to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, quoted by IRNA on Saturday.
Rahim-Safavi made the remarks during the International Conference on Global Alliance against Terrorism for a Just Peace (GAATJP) in the Iranian capital, Tehran.
The Iranian military official also called for the freedom of Palestinians, and noted that one way to prevent violence and terrorism is for the United States and the West to stop their all-out support for the Israeli regime and to stop vetoing UN Security Council resolutions as a favor to Israel.
The International Conference on Global Alliance against Terrorism for a Just Peace kicked off in Tehran on Saturday, and is scheduled to conclude on Sunday.
The two-day event, which brings together over 100 foreign as well as 300 local experts, focuses on efforts aimed at uprooting terrorism.
Among issues being discussed at the conference are theoretical principles of terrorism, the typology of terrorism, coordination of efforts in fighting terror, policies adopted by different governments to combat terrorism, real objectives of combating terrorism, as well as terrorist groups, cultural terrorism, cyber-terrorism, media terrorism, and the role of media in fighting terror.
Tehran also hosted four exhibitions of posters and caricatures on ‘a just peace,’ as well as photo exhibitions of the families of victims of terror attacks in Iran and the Middle East, ahead of the GAATJP on Friday.
———Agencies