May 18, 2011
In condemning the crimes conducted by rulers of Arab and Islamic countries, the head of the Basij said, “In the world, we don’t have anything called Human Rights, as they defend the rights of oppressors.”
At the sidelines of the Qom Prayer Leaders’ Conference on Tuesday night, Commander Mohammad Reza Naghdi spoke to journalists about the changes taking place in the Middle East and the indifference of international organizations toward these crimes. The conference took place at Kowsar Hall, Qom’s Islamic Propagation Organization. Naghdi declared, “We don’t have a Human Rights organization in the world. All of them [support] oppressors and their rights. These organizations intend to deceive people.” He also reminded that, “Recent events taking place in Islamic countries prove that something called Human Rights doesn’t exist in the world.”
Naghdi considered revolutionaries critical in challenging such oppressive rulers: “The revolutionaries made the greatest, most inspiring move by standing up, sticking to their goals, and resisting.” In referring to popular demonstrations in different countries supporting revolutionaries in Islamic countries, the Head Commander of the Basij said, “The revolutionaries in Islamic countries become confident when they see people in other countries demonstrating for their cause. The preservation and exaltation of the Islamic Revolution is a bastion of hope for all revolutionaries in Islamic countries.”
In referring to rulers’ persistence in keeping their power in Islamic countries, Naghdi said, “Until their rulers become Islamic, they will still be occupied with such problems.”