The representative of Iran’s supreme leader to the Revolutionary Guard Corps blamed Saudi Arabia and Qatar's failed policies in Syria as the reason behind the surge of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) in Iraq.
Ali Saeedi said, “Saudi Arabia tried very hard to ruin the situation in Syria, and Qatar also invested a lot in this situation.” He continued, “Today they feel that all of their conspiracies have failed in Syria. They have started a new front in Iraq.” Saeedi also blamed the policies of the United States and “other countries” for increasing terrorism in the region.