November 19, 2021
President Raisi says the United States is behind continuing terrorist attacks in Afghanistan.
He said it is no secret that the growth of the Daesh terrorist group, known in the West as Islamic State and which claimed responsibility for a recent terrorist act in Afghanistan, was a US plot.
In a message released October 9, Raisi condoled with the Afghan nation over the killing and injuring of a large number of innocent Afghan Shias while they were praying in a mosque in the city of Kunduz.
“It is no secret to anyone that the growth of this Takfiri terrorist movement has taken place with the support and plans of the US,” he said. “In recent years, the United States has facilitated further activities of Daesh criminals in Afghanistan and prevented their eradication.”
Raisi said the latest terrorist act in Afghanistan was aimed at sowing discord among Muslims and was committed by those whose “inhumane and anti-religion nature is obvious to everyone,” referring to the US.
“I hereby express my concern over the continuation of terrorist acts and coupling acts of religious sedition with ethnic provocation, which is part of the new US security project for Afghanistan, and stress that the Islamic Republic of Iran, as in the past, is ready to provide full support to our Afghan brothers and sisters,” he said.
Daesh has maintained a foothold in eastern and northern Afghanistan for the last few years. It has often attacked Shiite mosques.