Addressing a group of Sunni clerics from across the country, Rouhani said Tehran considers ethnic and religious diversity as an opportunity rather than a threat.
The president also went onto say that Iranians should cease this opportunity to live together peacefully.
“The government plans to maximally use [the capacities of] ethnicities and religions towards convergence and reinforcement of cultural and national unity,” the president noted, adding, “The Islamic Republic has, from the beginning, been based on tolerance towards religious, ethnic, and cultural diversity.”
President Rouhani also praised religious diversity in the country as a good opportunity to strengthen national unity.
The president made remarks while addressing the scholars in the run-up to the Islamic Unity Week.
The scholars, for their part, laid emphasis on the need for unity between Shia and Sunni Muslims.
It is mention to worthy that as per a call made by the late Founder of the Islamic Republic Imam Khomeini, the week is marked each year as a period of convergence among Muslims. Imam Khomeini has been considered a great promoter of unity among all Muslims in contemporary history.