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| Released by Syed Qamar Haider Zaidi the Spokesman of the TNFJ; Translated by Wajih Kazmi | ||
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Moosavi urges Saudi Arabia and Iran to hold talks, restore diplomatic ties ISLAMABAD, January 5: The supreme head of the Shia Ulema Board and Tehreek Nifaz Fiqa Jaffria Agha Syed Hamid Ali Shah Moosavi Monday urged both Saudi Arabia and Iran to hold talks, restore diplomatic ties, cautioning the imperialist forces could exploit the current tense situation between the two. “The attack on Saudi embassy in Iran is condemnable, as it is violation of the Geneva Convention and diplomatic norms. The incident has been condemned by Iranian president as well,” he said. Speaking to a sitting here at the end of a three-day mourning in connection with the execution of prominent religio-political leader Ayatullah Shiekh Baqiral Nimr in Saudi Arabia, Moosavi said the leadership in Tehran and Riyadh must demonstrate sagacity by ending the stand-off and restoration of diplomatic relations. He made it clear that they were neither stooges of Saudi Arabia nor of Iran, but wanted unity in the ranks of Ummah and more dignity and respect for Pakistan, as a leading Islamic nation. Moosavi called on the United Nations’ bodies and leading human right institutions to take notice of trampling of basic human rights and dignity, and oppression, being unleashed, to silence the voice of dissent. About the execution of around 47 persons in Saudi Arabia, including Ayatullah Nimr, he said that their bodies should be handed over to their family members. He contended that Nimr and his supporters became victim the Saudi royal family’s wrath for raising their voice for political and economic rights of the oppressed, including Shia community in Saudi Arabia. Moosavi maintained that it was incumbent upon the Saudi government to also set free political opponents and allow the freedom of expression. The Saudi government, which believed itself to be the Muslim nations’ leader, should focus on the welfare of its people and let them exercise their political rights and civil liberties. Peeping into history, Moosavi recalled that after the first World War, the foreign ministers of Britain and France thrashed out a ploy to divide the Middle East and for its realisation, installed rulers of their choice. He pointed out that the publication of world maps after 1980, clearly indicated the same and conspiracies were under way to further divide the Muslim countries in terms of their geography. Under the same conspiracy, he continued, Indonesia and Sudan stand partitioned today and now these imperialist forces wanted division of Iraq, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Libya, Iran, Yemen and some other countries. |
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