Iran will not hesitate to defend holy sites in Iraq

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Iran will not hesitate to defend Shi’ite Muslim holy sites in neighboring Iraq against “killers and terrorists”, Iranian President Hassan Rohani said on Wednesday, following rapid advances by Sunni militants there over the past week. Speaking on live television, Rohani said many people had signed up to go to Iraq to defend the sites and “put the terrorists in their place”. He added that veteran fighters from Iraq’s Sunni, Shi’ite and Kurdish communities were also “ready for sacrifice” against these militant forces…

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