Iranians stage rallies to slam Myanmar Muslims massacre

Iranians stage rallies to slam Myanmar Muslims massacre

Iranian worshipers stage rallies to condemn the ongoing brutal violence against the Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar.

Following the Friday prayers, Iranian worshipers held massive rallies in the capital Tehran and many other cities to express their outrage at the ongoing brutal violence against the Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar.

In a statement, the demonstrators also condemned the global silence on the ongoing crimes against Rohingya in Myanmar and called on the international community to take action to restore the rights of the oppressed Muslims.

They also asked for the dispatch of humanitarian aid and a fact-finding committee to the region to investigate the atrocities against Muslims.

Pro-Rohingya marches were also held in several other countries including Pakistan, Japan, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Malaysia and Philippines.

Myanmar's security forces have been attacking the Rohingya Muslims and torching their villages since October 2016 in a bid to push them out of the western state of Rakhine. 

The attacks have intensified since August 25.

Thousands of Rohingya were driven from their homes in another wave of violence in 2012.

Some 164,000 Rohingya Muslims had fled Myanmar’s Rakhine to seek refuge in camps in Bangladesh since the harsh crackdown against them.

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