Tehran, Dec 13, IRNA � Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hossein Jaber Ansari expressed deep regret over the bloody conflicts in the past two days in Nigeria, and called for solidarity and avoiding hasty and unconstructive measures in Nigeria to fight terrorism.


Jaber Ansari said that it is a source of sorrow that the conflicts in Zaria on Sunday and Saturday which resulted in death and injury a large number of Muslims and worshippers of the Zaria city.

'Nigeria as an important member-state of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is now facing the problems emanating from extremism and Takfiri terrorism and we hope that under such conditions maintaining tranquility and national solidarity to fight terrorism to be prioritized and hasty and unconstructive measures to be avoided,' he added.

The Nigerian troops raided the house of the Leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky and killed a number of his followers.

The Nigerian army forces arrested Leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky after raiding his house and killing his assistants and followers.

By IRNA