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WORLD NEWSWednesday 23 September
Iran’s president claims his military best defense against IS
NASSER KARIMI expand in the region, the Iranian Arabs who are members of the paramilitary Basij force march in a military parade
Associated Press only hope will be Iran’s
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The army and the Revolution- marking the 35th anniversary of Iraq’s 1980 invasion of Iran, in front of the shrine of late
Iranian president lauded ary Guards.”
his country’s military as the The Sunni militant Islamic revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, just outside Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2015.
most reliable force to take State group has seized a
on “terrorists in the region,” third of both Syria and Iraq President Rouhani lauded his country’s military as the most reliable force to take on “terrorists
a reference to the extrem- following its blitz in the re-
ist Islamic State group, in a gion last year, and has de- in the region,” a reference to the extremist Islamic State group, in a speech during the annual
speech during an annual clared a self-styled caliph-
military parade Tuesday. ate on the territory it con- military parade. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Hassan Rouhani offered trols. Other Mideast coun-
military assistance to Mid- tries, such as Egypt, Libya ing Iraq and the Syrian a veiled offer of Iranian rebels since March. The
east countries, saying that and Saudi Arabia, have government of President help to Sunni rival Saudi advance of the rebels,
so far, Iranian troops “have seen the emergence of IS Bashar Assad, a key Tehran Arabia, though he did not also known as Houthis, has
helped both Iraq and Syr- affiliates and groups that ally, to help in the battle name the kingdom. The forced Yemen’s interna-
ia” in the struggle against have declared allegiance with IS militants but denies Saudis have been carry- tionally recognized presi-
IS but insisted that Tehran to the Islamic State. sending ground combat ing out airstrikes in Yemen dent into self-imposed exile
has no military intentions Rouhani said Middle East forces. Rouhani also made against Iran-backed Shiite in Saudi Arabia.q
toward other nations. nations should not put too
The parade marked the much faith in “Western
35th anniversary of the powers as their defenders.
start of the ruinous, eight- Today, our armed forces
year Iraq-Iran war. are the biggest regional
In his speech, carried live power against terrorism.”
by state TV, Rouhani said Iran has already sent mili-
that if “terrorists begin to tary advisers to neighbor-
Yemeni officials:
Exiled president arrives in Yemen’s Aden
AHMED AL-HAJ it remains in their control. loyal to the Houthis and
Associated Press Yemen has been torn by Saleh on the city of Aden,”
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Ye- a ferocious war pitting the the president’s office said in
men’s President Abed Rab- Houthis and forces fight- a statement. Several new-
bo Mansour Hadi arrived ing for former President Ali ly-appointed ministers ac-
in the southern port city of Abdullah Saleh against companied him, accord-
Aden Tuesday following Hadi loyalists, as well as ing to the statement.
nearly six months of exile in southern separatists, local Security officials say Aden’s
Saudi Arabia, airport offi- militias and Sunni extremists. airport remains under
cials and a statement from An official at Hadi’s office heavy security, with ar-
his office said. said he would stay no less mored vehicles surrounding
Hadi, who arrived in Aden than two days, adding that the structure and check-
under tight security, fled he is expected to meet with points manned by Emirati
Yemen by sea in March the Cabinet, local authori- and Yemeni troops.
as Shiite Houthi rebels and ties, and military and secu- Officials in Hadi’s office said
their allies moved on his last rity leadership. the president will leave to
refuge in the south. Hours “The return of his excel- the United States in the
later, a Saudi-led coalition lency the president to next few days to attend the
began launching airstrikes Aden comes after an ab- United Nations General As-
aimed at pushing back the sence that has lasted for sembly meetings. Yemen’s
Houthis. The Houthis cap- six months amid the brutal Cabinet arrived in Aden
tured the country’s capital, aggression which has been last week after months of
Sanaa, last September and carried out by the militias self-imposed exile.q
