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    Iranian Government News
    December 27, 2012 Thursday


    Justice is I.R. blessing for Iranian ethnic, religious groups

    Tehran


    The official news agency of Iran (IRNA) has issued following news:

    Assyrian-Chaldean Catholic Church Bishop of Orumieh Thomas Mirm said
    here on Tuesday, justice and the rule of law are Islamic Republic's
    blessing for various Iranian ethnic and religious groups.


    He made the remarks in a ceremony held to celebrate the birth
    anniversary of Jesus Christ.

    'Justice, the rule of law and public security are the main needs of
    every society which have been provided by the Islamic Republic for all
    Iranian ethnic and religious groups.'

    Mirm called Iran as a good example of peaceful co-existence of all
    religious sects with each other.

    'All people regardless of their religious affiliation can progress
    forward and have prosperous life in Iran including the West
    Azarbijan.'

    Orumieh Governor Javad Sharif Nejad also made a speech there and
    called Orumieh as a good model of peaceful living of various cultures
    with each other.

    Iran is an ethnically diverse country and interethnic relations are
    generally amicable. Persians form the majority of the population.
    However, historically the terms 'Iran' and 'Persia' have referred to a
    confederation of all groups native to the Iranian Plateau, and the
    speakers of Iranian languages, whether located in Iran or not.
    Therefore, historically, the use of the term 'Persian' has included
    all the various regional dialects and subgroups of Iran.

    The main ethno-linguistic minority groups in Iran are the Azeris,
    Kurds, Balochs, Arabs, Turkmens, Pashtuns, Armenians, Georgians,
    Assyrians and Jews. The tribal groups include the Bakhtiaris, Khamseh,
    Lurs, Qashqai, as well as others. While many Iranians identify with a
    secondary ethnic, religious, linguistic, or regional background in
    some way, the primary identity unifying virtually all of these
    sub-groups is their distinctly Iranian language, or culture. Though
    many of the tribal groups have become urbanized over the decades, some
    continue to function as rural tribal societies.



    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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