Iran Juduciary holds 2nd court hearing on US-backed terrorist groups in West Asia

The Iranian Judiciary has held a second court hearing on complaints brought by the families of those who embraced martyrdom in the fight against US-backed Takfiri terrorist groups in Iraq and Syria, known as Defenders of the Holy Shrine.

The hearing was held at Branch 55 of the Special Legal Court for International Affairs of the Judiciary Department in Tehran on Sunday against the US government and its support for terror outfits in the West Asia region.

Presiding Judge Majid Hosseinzadeh heard complaints from families of Holy Shrine Defenders regarding their demands of compensation for the material, moral and punitive damage inflicted by the terrorist acts of the US administration and its military commanders for setting up such terrorist groups as Daesh, al-Nusra Front and Jaish al-Zulm.

Hosseinzadeh said the session was convened following the lawsuit of 725 Iranian nationals with 59 files against 18 defendants, including the US government.

“Since the beginning of the formation of the evil state of Daesh, the US administration has been seeking to use terrorist groups across the world as a tool,” said one of the members of the plaintiff families.

“The American government has supported and continues to support at various levels the terrorist group by waging a proxy war against Iran, threatening its borders, territorial integrity and attempting to destroy the Islamic establishment,” she added.

Underlining that the United States’ relationship with terrorists is very obvious despite Washington’s claims of combating terrorism, the plaintiff family member said, “The US does not whatsoever seek to eradicate terrorists, but the goal of America is to train and organize foreign nationals in military bases, especially in Iraq and Syria, by sending them in the form of terrorist groups and using them as a tool for its illegitimate demands and operations.”

She also asserted that no compensation equals the blood of their loved ones and cannot make amends for the lack of their presence in the minds and hearts of their families.

The first court hearing was held in the presence of some 646 claimants from 15 Iranian provinces in November last year.

Since March 2011, Syria has been gripped by a campaign of militancy and destruction sponsored by the US and its allies. In recent years, however, Syrian government forces have managed to win back control of almost all regions from terrorist groups.

Moreover, the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group began a campaign of terror in Iraq in 2014 and then took control of vast swathes in lightning attacks across the region. Iraq declared victory over the terror outfit in December 2017 after a three-year counter-terrorism military campaign, in which Hashd al-Sha’abi, also known as Popular Mobilization Units, played a major role.

Daesh has already been driven out of all its urban bastions both in Iraq and Syria, but its remnants carry out sporadic terror attacks in both neighboring Arab countries.

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