TEHRAN – The Assyrian representative in the Majlis in a message on Monday thanked the popular mobilization forces in Iraq for their help to free Mosul from the grip of Daesh, Mehr reported.

The Iraqi Assyrians have been bearing the brunt of genocide for a long time, he wrote.

Underlining that Iraq has been the original habitat of Assyrians, Yonatan Betkelia said the liberation will come as a “turning point in the history of the democratic governance of Iraq”.

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