an says it is using all diplomatic channels to pursue the release of a prominent Shia Muslim cleric Sheikh Ibrahim al-Zakzaky who was arrested by the Nigerian army last month.
“We have used all those channels to warn them [Nigeria] regarding this issue. So hopefully the government… would adopt wise action given the sensitive situation,” Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hoseyn Jaberi-Ansari told reporters in the capital, Tehran.
Sheikh al-Zakzaky after members of his Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) clashed with the army in the northern city of Zaria.
Campaign group Human Rights Watch said at least 300 IMN members were killed and quickly buried in a mass graves during the incident. The Nigerian military denied the claim.
The military accuses the pro-Iranian sect of trying to assassinate army chief Gen Tukur Buratai, which it denies.
Iran is currently embroiled in a diplomatic row with Saudi Arabia over the execution of a prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr.
Shia in Nigeria
▪ Shia are minority in Nigeria but their numbers are increasing
▪ The IMN, formed in the 1980s, is the main Shia group led by Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky
▪ They operate their own schools and hospitals in some northern states
▪ They have a history of clashes with the security forces
▪ The IMN is backed by Shia-dominated Iran and its members often go there to study
▪ Sunni jihadist group Boko Haram condemns Shias as heretics who should be killed
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Nigeria should follow Saudi Arabia step by severing diplomatic relations with Iran on this Shiite issue.We don't dictate to other sovereign nations how they manage the diverse religion in their country how would we allow one of the labelled Axis of Evil nations to dictate to us.Hope the new admin would let the likes of Iran understand we are not under obligations to be pushed around
ReplyDeleteDaft idea.
DeleteI hope Buharism will listen and act fast,we can't afford war with Iran. Need I say more
ReplyDeleteAdewale Korede shame on you for your comment cowards like you should keep quiet when issues like this is being discussed. Can an individual be greater than the nation? How on earth do you think Tehran will fire a single bullet into Nigeria because someone or their apostle went against the law of the land and also got punished in the same country? Even if the man in question is the Iranian president, if he violates our laws on our soil he will be held accountable.
DeleteSo think next time before you write any rubbish here.
Adewale Korede shame on you for your comment cowards like you should keep quiet when issues like this is being discussed. Can an individual be greater than the nation? How on earth do you think Tehran will fire a single bullet into Nigeria because someone or their apostle went against the law of the land and also got punished in the same country? Even if the man in question is the Iranian president, if he violates our laws on our soil he will be held accountable.
DeleteSo think next time before you write any rubbish here.
It is an insult for the Iranian authorities to say they are WARNING Nigeria for taking control of an event that happened in Nigeria. What rubbish!!!
ReplyDeleteLet the war begin. The ZOO must fall
ReplyDeleteIran is stupid enough to establish Iranian nation in Nigeria. Let iran come to beg FG to release Shiite leader 4 them . so , they can carry him to their country to practise iranianism , not in Nigeria. Foolish iran
ReplyDeleteNigeria is a sovereign Nation of its own. We are not govern by Iran so Let them mined their own business. If they think they are making mouth because of the nuclear weapon they have,let them remember that they're just starting cos many advance nation have more weapons if destruction than them. we are not afraid of them.
ReplyDeleteDid Nigeria dictate for them what to do and what not to do. This is stupid from Iranian.
ReplyDeleteBuhari said he has set up a panel to look into the matter and expecting a report from the kaduna state government. That is how it stand.
People all saw the video online and Buhari also said he saw the video where the shitte group were touching the chest of General.
This is how these Arab countries sponsor groups in other countries to impose their culture on them and the foolish people are not wise enough to discover this but accepted it in the name of religion.
Later turn them to terrorist to kill their own people while they enjoy peace with their own people.
They are all infidel as they claimed because the built the best facilities, schools in their country and asked others to fight against it in their own country.
Visit their country and you will be amaze with what your eyes will see
Shit happens!
ReplyDeleteThe way the military Handled this Shia Muslim issues is Barbaric... Because their covoy was blocked close to 200 people were killed.. If they arrested the Shia musilim leader why not prosecute him in the court of law as normal.. why hold him without charges for 2 weeks now.. The rate at which PMB administration has no respect for the rule of Law is alarming.
ReplyDeleteIf Iran warning is authentic invariably it is shame on Nigeria. We were not even colonised by Iran. How can a group established itself in a country & at the same time act against the norms & value of that land. It can never be possible.
ReplyDeleteWhen you butcher hundreds of people it becomes a humanity issue.
ReplyDeleteWe are in Nigeria not in Iran, we re Nigerians not Iranians. Let them keep their mouth close and concentrate on issues in their country.
ReplyDeleteIran is a terrorist country, we don't need their advise, the Shiites are terrorist, plain and simple. Terrorists must be killed. Iran shou,d face their problems with Saudi Arabia and stop dictating to Nigeria. The Shiites must be stopped before they become another Isis.
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