Leader of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei, stressed that the United States should not be allowed to meddle in Iraq and speak of disintegrating the Arab country.

Leader of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei, stressed that the United States should not be allowed to meddle in Iraq and speak of disintegrating the Arab country.

As he received the Iraqi president, Fuad Masoum, Imam Khamenei said that the people of Iraq “including , Sunnis, Kurds and Arabs, have been co-existing without a problem for centuries.”

“But unfortunately, certain regional countries as well as foreigners seek to exaggerate disagreements,” the Leader said.

Ayatollah Khamenei said such attempts should be countered and any action that would prompt discord should be avoided.

The Leader said disagreements and their publicization would pave the way for meddling by outsiders, noting that the situation should not take such a turn as to allow Americans to dare openly speak of Iraq’s disintegration.

“Why should such a country as Iraq – a large, prosperous country with a thousand-year history – be disintegrated and divided into smaller parts, and thereby always be exposed to disagreement and confrontation?” Ayatollah Khamenei said.

The Leader expressed confidence that Iraqi officials will adjust their country’s relations with other states, including the US, with due regard for the interests of the Iraqi people, but emphasized that the Americans should not be allowed to act as if Iraq is their “personal property.”