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Tunisias president has called Iran the only source of hope in confrontingIsrael and hailed the Islamic Republic's sacrifices in the war against terrorists in Syria.

Beji Caid Essebsi made the remarks in a meeting with visiting Iranian Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Reza Salehi Amiri at the presidential Carthage Palace in Tunis, IRNA news agency reported.

The Zionist regime [of Israel] is the Islamic Republics only enemy in the region. Therefore, we hope that all Muslim and Arab countries would stand byIran, Essebi said, according to IRNA.

Essebi called Iran a great country with a rich cultural heritage, saying it has a role to play in the Middle East despite efforts by certain sides to pushthe Islamic Republic into a Shia-Sunni strife.

Unfortunately, the Zionistregime and its sponsors weretrying to isolate Iran, but, by Gods grace, the Islamic Republic succeeded to return tothe political scene of the region, he added.

Since the victory of the Islamic Revolution in 1979, Tehran has invariably stood by the Palestinian people against Israel which considers Iran as the biggest existential threat.

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Amiri departed for Algeria and Tunisia on Monday at the invitation of his counterparts from those countries to sign a number ofbilateral cultural agreements.

Essebi said herespected thoseIranianswho havelost their lives in the battle against foreign-backed terrorists in Syria, while providing advisory support tothe Syrian army.

Amiri said had it not been for Irans contribution to the regional anti-terror battle, terrorists would have now reached Damascus and the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, adding that the Iranian assistance had thus prevented the virus of terrorism from afflicting all the countries of the region.

The Takfiri terror group of Daesh, he said, iswaging a proxy warfare in Syria to destroy the Muslim world. Amiri condemnedforeign-sourced terrorism, saying more than 100 terror outfits have been arrested in Iran, all of whom haveconfessed to being armed by regional countries.

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He also lauded the seriousness of the Tunisian government in confronting terrorism which is a challenge to the North African country.

According to Tunisianofficials, around 3,000 citizens of the countryhave joinedDaesh'sranks in Libya, Syria and Iraq. The United Nations says the figure could be as high as 5,000.

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Iran only hope against Israel: Tunisian president - Press TV