Assyrian MP: Iran Most Stable Country For Religious Minorities

Orumiyeh, West Azarbaijan Prov, Sept 2, IRNA – Assyrian member of the Iranian Parliament (Majlis) Jonathan Betkolia said Iran is the most stable place for religious minorities as its government gives special significance to the rights of various religious groups. ˈIn a time when Takfiri groups raised by world arrogant powers were slaughtering innocent women and children with no mercy for Muslims or Christians, Iran has been the only place which supports rights of the religious minorities,ˈ Betkolia said Monday evening in an address to a meeting of local religious minorities in this northwestern provincial capital city. ˈWhen defenseless religious minorities were burning in fire of Takfiri groups barbarism in Iraq and Syria and when all so-called human rights advocates had closed their doors to them, it was only Iran that accepted those refugees with enthusiasm,ˈ said the Assyrian MP who is also Secretary General of the International Association of Assyrians. He also criticized the US and its allies for remaining silent vis-à-vis the massacre of innocent women and children in Gaza, Syria and Iraq. Condemning critics of Iran for its human rights record, the Assyrian MP stressed, ˈThose who accuse Iran of human rights violation are against the countryˈs progress and cannot tolerate its popularity among world nations.ˈ/end