TEHRAN - Brigadier General Massoud Jazayeri, the deputy chief of Iran’s armed forces, said on Thursday that the Iraqi and Syrian people have the right to determine their destiny.

“The neighboring countries should accept that it is the Iraqi and Syrian people’s right to determine their destiny,” he said. 

He also said Iran makes efforts to root out terrorism with cooperation of the countries in the Middle East region.

He added that Iranian Armed Forces Chief of Staff Mohammad Hossein Bagheri’s recent visit to Turkey was in line with Iran’s efforts in countering terrorism.

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