Pursuing an initiative promised by President Rouhani at the United Nations in September 2013, Iran is hosting the first conference of the �World Against Extremism and Violence�.
Rouhani greeted participants�from more than 40 countries with a call for the UN to play a more active role in the campaign against terrorism.

Encouraging regional and international cooperation �to build a world free of violence�, the President said �states that support Takfiri terrorist groups� � a label covering the Islamic State, insurgents in southeastern Iran, and Syrian opposition fighters, among others � should renounce violence and terror.

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem, Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari, and representatives from the Palestinian movement Hamas are among those at the two-day event.

By AE WorldView

 

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