Iran protests Nigeria army crackdown on Shiites By AFP

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Iran summoned Nigeria’s charge d’affaires to
protest over the Nigerian army’s deadly
crackdown on pro-Iranian Shiites in the north of
the country, the official IRNA news agency
reported Tuesday.
The diplomat was told the foreign ministry on
Monday that Iran “demands the Nigerian
government immediately shed light on the
incidents, treat the injured, and compensate for
damages,” IRNA said.
It said Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif
also called for “immediate and serious action to
prevent violence” against Shiites in a telephone
call to his Nigerian counterpart Geoffrey
Onyeama.
The army clashed on Saturday and early Sunday
in the largely Sunni Muslim north with the
Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) and arrested
its leader Ibrahim Zakzaky.
The IMN seeks to establish an Islamic state
through an Iranian-styled revolution.
“We have reports that bodies of our members
killed outside the house of our leader are being
evacuated in trucks by soldiers,” IMN spokesman
Ibrahim Musa told AFP.
Musa said victims of the violence included
Zakzaky’s wife, son and a former IMN
spokesman.
The violence was sparked when Shiite faithful on
Saturday blocked the main road outside their
prayer centre, where hundreds had gathered for
a ceremony.
The military claimed Shiites attacked a convoy of
the army chief, Yusuf Buratai, leaving soldiers no
option but to retaliate. The IMN, however, denied
the charge.


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