Iranian Delegation in Myanmar to Examine Conditions of Muslim Minority

An Iranian parliamentary delegation left Tehran for Myanmar last evening to study the situation of the Muslim minority in the Southeast Asian country.

The delegation is headed by Vice-Chairman of the Iranian parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Mansour Haqiqatpour, and is comprised of Ebrahim Aqa Mohammadi and Ahmad Bakhshayesh Ardestani, and two other members of the commission.

They are accompanied by the representatives of Iran’s Foreign Ministry, Imam Khomeini’s Relief Committee and the Iranian Red Crescent Society.

The delegation is due to meet with Myanmar’s officials and representatives of the country’s Muslim community and study recent events in Myanmar to find out the kind of protection and aid that the country’s Muslim minority needs.

Iran has recently dispatched the first consignment of humanitarian relief aid to Muslims in Myanmar.

Iranian legislators have expressed serious concern over Buddhists’ attacks against Muslims, and called on the UN to adopt practical measures to end violence and violation of human rights against Myanmar’s Muslims.