[Iran Press TV] Iran's defense minister says the Death Eaters of the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant... the current version of al-Qaeda in Iraq, just as blood-thirsty and well-beloved as the original...
(ISIL) and their supporters must be put on trial as "war criminals."
"Murder, plunder, aggression, destruction, mass execution and displacement of thousands of innocent people in Iraq and Syria are clear examples of war crimes," Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan said on Monday.
He added that such criminal acts combined with the silence and inaction of the so-called human rights
One man's rights are another man's existential threat.
advocates and international organizations "have butchered the security of the region."
The official emphasized that such crimes are being committed to create a safe haven for the Israeli regime and undermine the resistance movement against Tel Aviv.
The Iranian minister said the ISIL will have a destiny worse than that of the executed Iraqi dictator, Saddam Hussein, and the terrorist group's inhuman measures would definitely backfire on its supporters.
Dehqan stressed the importance of strengthening unity among all Iraqi ethnicities and groups to maintain the country's integrity and secure its national interests, noting that foreign countries interfering in Iraq's internal affairs are not interested in the country's dignity and independence.
Dehqan expressed Iran's support for the territorial integrity of Iraq, saying, "The Islamic Iran seeks a unified, united, secure and advanced Iraq and will support any measure in this regard."