Alwaght -Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called Tuesday for a regional response to the threat posed by the ISIS terrorist group in Iraq and Syria rather than the deployment of troops from further afield, Strategic –Culture website reported.
"If countries in the region agree, they could eliminate anti-terrorist groups like ISIS and liberate thousands of men, women and children who have lost their homes," president Rouhani told an anti-extremism conference in Tehran, using the Arabic acronym for ISIS terrorist group .
"In this case, there would be no need for the presence of foreigners," he added .
Rouhani called for countries to "stop direct and indirect financial aid to terrorist groups" -- something Iran has frequently declared Qatar and Saudi Arabia guilty of .
He also called for a change in teaching at religious learning centres to prevent young people being radicalised and for the international community to fight "the use of the Internet and social networks by terrorists ".
