(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Iran’s Ambassador to Lebanon Ghazanfar Roknabadi denounced attacks targeting Christians in the Middle East, saying he did not rule out the possibility that Zionism stood behind them.
“We do not accept [these attacks]. Around 250,000 Christians are living in security and peace in Iran, enjoying their full civil, humanitarian and political rights equally with Muslims,” he said during a visit to the Christian religious television station Tele Lumiere.
Roknabadi hoped that all Muslim states would follow Tehran’s lead in dealing with “the Christians who live more freely in Iran than in any other Middle Eastern country.” “Iran is always seeking to help all weak states that are subjected to violations by Israel, especially Lebanon,” said the ambassador.
A Jan.1 bomb attack on a Coptic church in Alexandria, Egypt, left 23 worshippers dead, and 58 worshippers were killed in an attack on a Chaldean church in Baghdad on Oct. 31.
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