{"id":939,"date":"2017-10-04T06:20:43","date_gmt":"2017-10-04T06:20:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madaresharghi.com\/iranian-lawmaker-slams-iraqi-secession-vote-as-strategic-mistake\/"},"modified":"2017-10-04T06:20:43","modified_gmt":"2017-10-04T06:20:43","slug":"iranian-lawmaker-slams-iraqi-secession-vote-as-strategic-mistake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madaresharghi.ir\/en\/iranian-lawmaker-slams-iraqi-secession-vote-as-strategic-mistake\/","title":{"rendered":"Iranian lawmaker slams Iraqi secession vote as \u2018strategic mistake\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A senior Iranian lawmaker has denounced the recent Kurdish secession referendum in northern Iraq as a \u201cstrategic mistake,\u201d warning that the plebiscite will pose a myriad of challenges to the Kurdish region.<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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\n\t\u201cThe holding of the referendum in northern Iraq was a strategic mistake made in spite of the advice offered,\u201d Chairman of the Iranian Parliament\u2019s Committee on National Security and Foreign Policy Alaeddin Boroujerdi said in a Tuesday interview with IRNA in Damascus.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe lawmaker, who is visiting Syria on top of a parliamentary delegation, called on Iraq\u2019s semi-autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to immediately revoke the results of the referendum to help restore security and stability to the Kurdish region.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u00a0\u201cIf the authorities of Iraq\u2019s Kurdistan insist on this path, they will face a lot of political, economic and military problems,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\n\tOn September 25, the Kurdistan Regional Government held the non-binding referendum on secession from Iraq in defiance of stiff opposition from the central government in Baghdad and much of the international community.<\/p>\n

\n\tKurdish officials said over 90 percent of voters said \u2018Yes\u2019 to separation from Iraq.<\/p>\n

\n\tPolitical observers have warned that KRG\u2019s referendum scenario is in line with Israel\u2019s policy of dividing the regional Muslim states.<\/p>\n

\n\tAfter the Monday referendum, the Iraqi government ordered the KRG to hand over its international airports in Erbil, and the city of Sulaymaniyah, as well as its border crossings.<\/p>\n

\n\tIt also asked the KRG to either cancel the result of the plebiscite or face potential sanctions, international isolation, and military intervention.<\/p>\n

\n\tA ban on international flights into and out of the Iraqi Kurdish region also took effect on Friday.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe KRG has so far refused to either hand over the airports and land terminals or annul the outcome of the vote.<\/p>\n

\n\tElsewhere in his comments, Boroujerdi lauded the continued achievements of Syria\u2019s anti-terrorism campaign, saying, \u201cDespite direct and indirect US support for terrorists\u2026the balance of power changed in the interest of the resistance front.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe victories of the Syrian army, popular and resistance forces as well as the assistance provided by the Islamic Republic of Iran plus the valuable role of Lebanon\u2019s Hezbollah helped Syria pass the risky stage,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe US has been conducting airstrikes against what it says are Daesh targets inside Syria since September 2014 without any authorization from the Damascus government or a United Nations mandate.<\/p>\n

\n\tWashington and its allies have repeatedly been accused of targeting and killing civilians and drawn criticism over their failure to destroy Daesh, which they claim to be fighting.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Syrian government and its allies have on multiple occasions criticized what they view as friendly ties among US special forces, militant groups and Daesh terrorists in the region with the goal of slowing the advance of the Syrian army.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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