Alwaght-Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has spoken over the phone with his Nigerian counterpart Muhammadu Buhari and called for an investigation into recent killing of Shiite Muslims by the African country’s army.
“Under the present circumstances, we expect the Nigerian government to sympathize with all victims and prevent the persistence of any kind of unrest by issuing firm instructions,” Rouhani said.
Iran’s President further warned of plots to cause discord among Muslim countries and urged Muslim nations to remain united and vigilant against schemes.
“We should not let minor differences grow into deep-seated conflicts and differences,” Rouhani said, adding that the Muslim world currently needs to settle issues peacefully.
He also expressed Iran’s readiness to dispatch medical teams to Nigeria to treat those injured in the recent wave of violence.
Buhari, for his part, said he would fulfill his responsibility to ensure safety of the Nigerian Muslims and meticulously probe the recent deadly incidents.
President Rouhani, also referred to the recent visit of President Buhari of Iran and the fruitful results of bilateral talks in improvement of the two countries' relations as well as his presence in the Organization of Gas Exporting Countries, arguing that such meetings preserve not only both nations' interests, but also the Islamic world's benefits, asking for cooperation to secure the Islamic world's security.
'Under such conditions that terrorism is a serious threat against many Muslim countries' security the Muslims need to unite and not permit trivial differences of opinion to lead to acute disputes, since safeguarding the Muslims' lives is our major and public responsibility,' he said.
Rouhani enquired about the treatment of injured victims of the Nigerian disaster and especially their leader, further stressing that the Muslims have no way, but to unite today.
'The Islamic world is more than ever before in need to peace and peaceful resolving of its existing problems,' said the Iranian president, emphasizing that a fact-finding committee need to be established for the disastrous event in northern Nigeria.
'We expect the Nigerian government to relieve the entire bereaved families and injured victims of that disaster and to issue strict orders to prevent the occurrence of any further unrests,' added Rouhani.
On December 12 more than a dozen people were killed after clashes erupted between the Nigerian army and Shiite Muslims in the northern city of Zaria, Kaduna State. The military claimed the Shiite attempted to assassinate Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, the chief of the Nigerian army staff.
Nigerian soldiers opened fire on the people attending a religious ceremony at Hussainiyyah Baqeeyatullah, a religious center belonging to the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN).
One day later, famous Nigerian Shiite leader Sheikh Ibrahim al-Zakzaky and his wife were arrested during a raid by the army on his residence and the adjacent buildings of the Shiite community in Zaria. Local sources say hundreds of people trying to protect the Islamic Movement leader were killed.
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Ansarullah
A Zaidi Shiite movement operating in Yemen. It seeks to establish a democratic government in Yemen.
Shiite
represents the second largest denomination of Islam. Shiites believe Ali (peace be upon him) to be prophet"s successor in the Caliphate.
Resistance
Axis of Resistances refers to countries and movements with common political goal, i.e., resisting against Zionist regime, America and other western powers. Iran, Syria, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and Hamas in Palestine are considered as the Axis of Resistance.
Persian Gulf Cooperation Council
A regional political u n i o n consisting of Arab states of the Persian Gulf, except for Iraq.
Taliban
Taliban is a Sunni fundamentalist movement in Afghanistan. It was founded by Mohammed Omar in 1994.
Wahhabism & Extremism
Wahhabism is an extremist pseudo-Sunni movement, which labels non-Wahhabi Muslims as apostates thus paving the way for their bloodshed.
Kurds
Kurds are an ethnic group in the Middle East, mostly inhabiting a region, which spans adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. They are an Iranian people and speak the Kurdish languages, which form a subgroup of the Northwestern Iranian branch of Iranian languages.
NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949.
Islamic Awakening
Refers to a revival of the Islam throughout the world, that began in 1979 by Iranian Revolution that established an Islamic republic.
Al-Qaeda
A militant Sunni organization founded by Osama bin Laden at some point between 1988 and 1989
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