TEHRAN, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said Tuesday that the United States neither intends nor can uproot Islamic States (IS) militants in the region, Tehran Times daily reported.
Khamenei made the remarks in a meeting with the visiting Slovenian President Borut Pahor.
The U.S. anti-IS campaign has been a failure, he said, adding that "they act in such a way that this problem would remain unresolved in Iraq or Syria."
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