The country's Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, expressed regret over the events happening in Nigeria, calling on Abuja to take measures to keep the Muslims safe and safeguard their lives.
Zarif made the remarks during a telephone conversation with his Nigerian counterpart, Geoffrey Onyeama.
Referring to cordial ties between Tehran and Abuja, Zarif expressed concern over the sad events in Nigeria during which a number of Muslims were killed and wounded in Zaria, Kaduna State.
Nigerian government is expected to take serious and emergency measure to avoid aggression and bring tranquility to that country, Zarif told Onyeama.
Nigerian foreign minister, too, hoped peace will be restored to the region and conflicts will be avoided as the senior officials in the country hold talks on the issue.
Also, Iranian 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 Saturday and Sunday resulted in death and injury a large number of Muslims and worshippers of the Zaria city.
"Nigeria as an important member-state of the Organisation 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 prioritised and hasty and unconstructive measures to be avoided," he added.
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