Ahmadinejad Calls for Reformed Int’l Structures in Letter to New Pope

Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a congratulation message to the new Pope on Sunday stressed that international structures need to be reformed in a move to protect global peace and justice.

This was mentioned in the Iranian president’s congratulation message to “Pope Francis I” on his election as the new World Catholic Leader.

In his message, the Iranian President referred to the current crises the world is facing, stressing that the today world is in dire need of reforms in the unfair international structures.

He further said the common mission of all prophets of divine religions is to invite people to fight oppression and administer justice.

The President further hoped the world would witness peace and justice.

In relevant remarks in August, President of the UN General Assembly Nasser Abdulaziz also stressed the necessity for reforming the world body’s structure.

“The UN Security Council (UNSC) needs reforms to adapt itself to the new realities in the world,” Abdulaziz said, addressing the inauguration ceremony of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit in Tehran at the time.

He added that the UN General Assembly has already discussed the need for restructuring the UNSC, and reached some results.

He noted that the UN General Assembly can provide a better room for international cooperation among members.

His remarks came after Supreme Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei also said that “the UN Security Council has an illogical, unjust and completely undemocratic structure and mechanism.”

“This is a flagrant form of dictatorship, which is antiquated and obsolete and whose expiry date has passed. It is through abusing this improper mechanism that America and its accomplices have managed to disguise their bullying as noble concepts and impose it on the world,” Ayatollah Khamenei said, addressing the inauguration ceremony of the NAM summit in August.