Deputy Iranian Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir Abdollahian said that after the self-styled Islamic State (IS) took over Mosul in early June, it sent letters to the embassies of countries in the region warning them not to take action against the group.
“After the fall of Mosul, this terrorist group stressed in a letter to all of the embassies that they are a revolutionary group that was formed to attain the rights of Sunnis and for other countries to not attack them, and they will leave the citizens of those countries alone,” Abdollahian said.