AhlulBayt News Agency - Iran’s top Christian leader highlighted calls by religious minority leaders for their followers to participate in upcoming parliamentary elections to be held on February 26th, 2016.
Archbishop of Assyrian Church of the East Mar Narsai Benyamin said on Saturday stressed importance of parliamentary elections in Iran and vowed massive turnout of the religious minorities in the event.
He said, ”The democratic elections helps the citizens determine political future of Islamic Revolution.”
The cleric hailed the role of religious minorities in Iran’s political arena and noted, ”Religious minorities have special status in the Constitution of the Islamic Republic and they have the privilege to send representative to the parliament.”
Benyamin denounced world arrogant powers for plotting to discourage people from participation in elections and stressed, ”Enemies, since long, were trying by all tricks to damage Islamic Iran, but, they never reached their goals.”
The archbishop said that Christians and all ethnics are participating in all cultural, political and economic arenas in Iran and that elections are valuable opportunity for all.
Archbishop Benyamin said that elections are important means to give double credit to Iran's position in the Middle East region.
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