'Wahhabi terrorism helps West achieve goals'

A top Iranian army commander says the West is using 'Wahhabi terrorism' to sow seeds of discord among Muslims around the world.

Chief-of-Staff of Iran's Joint Armed Forces, Major General Hassan Firouzabadi, says Wahhabi terrorists are helping arrogant powers achieve their goals in the region.

"Today Wahhabi thought is paving the way to legitimize the presence of US and NATO forces [in the region] but the United States and NATO will be burnt in this plot," Mehr news agency quoted Firouzabadi as saying.

The Iranian commander's comment came two weeks after at least 41 people, including seven senior commanders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), were killed in a bombing during a unity gathering of Shia and Sunni tribal leaders in the town of Pishin on the Iran-Pakistan border.

The Pakistan-based Jundallah terrorist group claimed responsibility for the deadly attack.

Spearheaded by Abdulmalek Rigi, Jundallah terrorists have staged a tidal wave of bombings and terrorist attacks in Iran, one of which left at least 25 Iranians dead in early June.

Abdulhamid Rigi, the apprehended brother of the Jundallah point man, told Press TV in a recent interview that Abdulmalek had held several "confidential" meetings with FBI and CIA agents in Karachi and Islamabad.

Firouzabadi went on to say that western plans for the region were behind the 'war, bloodshed and terror' in the Middle East.

"The aim of these brutal measures was to create discord among Muslim nations and prevent Muslim unity," he said.

During the past weeks, a series of terrorist attacks hit Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan.

The deadly attacks, were carried out by al-Qaeda and Salafi terrorists, claimed the lives of hundreds of people in the Islamic states.

Only in Iraq, twin car bombings in Baghdad killed more than 160 people and injured over 700 others last week.

And in Pakistan, an explosive laden car ripped through the crowded market in Peshawar and killed more than 105 people.