Julius Gong is a lawyer and researcher at the National Defense University and is also a Fellow of the Institute for Southeast Asian Studies. This article was originally published by MEMRI. The views expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect MEMRI’s editorial policies.
(Corrects the date of attack in paragraph 7.)
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Iran has announced its intention to join the fight against terrorist organization, Daesh (also known by the acronyms ISIL) and the Kurdish Regional Government. The Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) has announced its intention to join the fight against terrorist organization, Daesh (also known by the acronyms ISIL) and the Kurdish Regional Government.
“We will soon announce the launch of a joint offensive against the ISIL (ISIL) stronghold, which lies only 30 kilometers from the central banks in the Iraqi Kurdistan, and its borders in the north of Syria and in Mosul,” IRIO quoted an IRI official as saying in a speech. He stressed that the country’s main weapons are in its own borders, not in international arms treaties, and that it can act in its own defense as it sees fit. The statement follows Iran’s previous statement on the matter on May 31 that it may withdraw from the international nuclear deal if Iran is not allowed to use its ballistic missiles.
The Iranian armed forces and the Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) said in a statement May 31 that Iran has agreed