Iranian demonstrators condemn the killing and torture of Rohingya Muslims by extremists Buddhists in Myanmar on July 27, 2012.
Thousands of Iranians have taken to the streets after Friday Prayers in the capital, Tehran, and other cities to condemn the grizzly genocide of the ethnic Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar.
The fasting demonstrators in Tehran denounced the mass killings of Myanmarese Muslims, shouted slogans in support of Rohingya Muslims, and demanded an immediate halt to the government-backed crimes against them.
The protesters also criticized the inaction of international human rights organizations on the issue of Myanmar, and called on the Muslims across the globe to unite and put an end to the carnage.
Similar rallies were also held in other Iranian cities in a nationwide protest against rampant mistreatment, slaughter, rape and torture of ethnic Muslims by extremist Buddhists in Southeast Asian country.
The government of Myanmar refuses to recognize the Rohingya Muslims, arguing that the persecuted minority are not natives but illegal immigrants.
This comes while the Rohingyas are said to be Muslim descendants of Persian, Turkish, Bengali, and Pathan origin, who migrated to Myanmar as early as the 8th century.
On July 19, Myanmar’s President Thein Sein said the "only solution" to the plight of Rohingya Muslims is to send the country’s nearly one million Muslims to a third country or UN-run refugee camps. However, the world body has ruled out setting up refugee camps to accommodate the Rohingyas.
Over the past two years, groups of ethnic Muslims in Myanmar have attempted to flee by boats to escape from the systematic oppression by the government.
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