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TEHRAN, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- Chief of Staff of Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Baqeri said Monday that the Islamic republic is against disintegration of Iraq.
Any changes in the political geography of Iraq, given the imminent independence referendum of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, can start tensions and conflicts inside and outside Iraq, Baqeri said.
Iran's political and military officials have announced their opposition to the Iraqi Kurds' referendum, saying that the stable, secure and unified Iraq will help the country's progress.
On June 7, Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region announced that it had planned to hold a referendum on independence on Sept. 25 to decide whether or not to secede from Iraq.
