Iran: Muslims nations must stop Western countries’ human rights violations

Iran says Muslim nations need to prevent the abuse of human rights by Western countries through maintaining unity and solidarity.

The spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry, Nasser Kan'ani, made the comments in a commentary on the occasion of August 5, which marks the Islamic Human Rights and Human Dignity as adopted by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).

The spokesman said that based on Islamic teachings, the Iran believes that human rights derive from the inherent dignity and value of human beings.

"Islamic governments and Muslim nations, with unity, solidarity and cooperation on the international stage can prevent the hypocritical claimants in the West from exploiting the human rights in line with their anti-human rights political ambitions," Kan'ani wrote.

He emphasized that the Islamic countries are in a superior position as compared to the Western countries when it comes to advocating human rights.

He pointed to the dark record of human rights violations in the West, including discrimination against people of African descent.

He described the recent Qur'an desecration in some Western states as the latest example of gross violation of human rights, despite their claim to advocate human rights.

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