Qum, Oct 27, IRNA � A military adviser in Iran's Armed Forces Brigadier General Nasser Araste says scientific and industrial progress has resulted in weakening morality in the Western countries.


Addressing a ceremony for a group of war martyrs, Araste said 320 wars broke out in the 20th century, a century called by Americans and Europeans as the era of science, humanity and wisdom flourishment, and 250 million people were killed as a result.

He added that the statistics reveal an important scientific and research reality: The more we move ahead, the more wars break out and more fatalities come about as a result. �This means, morals have not developed in tandem with science.�

Absolutely, had humanity grown, the US, which possesses the highest amount of wealth and technology and whose economy is atop of the world�s economies, should have regarded killing of innocent children in Yemen, Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan as a shame, added the military official.

By IRNA