Ali Khameni

Iraq may end up as part of Iran. The Administration needs to sign an alliance with the Kurds and provide military aid.

Via JPost

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has permitted his country to cooperate with the United States in fighting Islamic State extremists in the region, The BBC Persian reported Friday.

Iran, a Shi’ite nation, views the Islamic State – an extremist Sunni organization that has taken control of areas in Syria and Iraq – as a serious threat.

According to the BBC report, Khamenei has authorized Iranian military officials to meet with leaders of the American army.

Sources also told the BBC Persian that Qassem Suleimani, the commander of the Revolutionary Guards’ special Quds Force, was authorized to lead Iran’s coordination on combating Islamic State militants.

Further details of what the military co-operation between Tehran and Washington would entail were not reported.

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