RELIGIOUS MINORITIES HAIL REVOLUTION VALUES

PRESS TV
Feb 11 2008
Iran

Several leading members of Iran’s religious minorities have described
the country’s Islamic Revolution as a mutual return to faith.

Iranian Christian and Zoroastrian leaders gathered in Isfahan for a
ceremony of monotheistic faiths to commemorate the 29th anniversary
of the Islamic Revolution, IRNA reported on Monday.

"The sacrifice of life is of great value to our homeland, regardless
of the religion or sect of the person who gives up life and limb for
a noble cause," said Zoroastrian MP Kourosh Niknam at the gathering.

"Contrary to what foreigners may believe, this revolution did not
separate us from Iran and Muslims. It brought us together more than
ever before," he added.

Also speaking at the ceremony, the head of the Isfahan Armenian
Council, Verje Bermard Diorisian, said that Iran’s ‘great leader’ (the
late Ayatollah Rouhollah Khomeini) had blazed a ‘new and spiritual’
trail toward freedom.

The religious leaders present at the ceremony issued a statement at the
end of the gathering, wherein they described the 1979 revolution as a
‘holy’ return to religion roots, stressed the importance of maintaining
national unity and emphasized the importance of participation in the
revolution of various religious groups.