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Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri and Pakistan’s Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa expressed concern about the ongoing Rohingya Muslim crisis in Myanmar, calling for Muslim world action to help end the plight of the Muslim minority.

The Iranian diplomatic delegation, led by Deputy Foreign Minister for Asia and Pacific Affairs Ebrahim Rahimpour, visited the Rohingya refugee camp in the border areas of Bangladesh and Myanmar on Saturday.

Several Iranian lawmakers have criticized Muslim countries for remaining silent over the crackdown on Muslims in Myanmar.

Iranian foreign ministry spokesman has expressed regret over a deadly fire in a religious school which killed and wounded tens of teachers and students.

A political analyst says the persecution of Muslims in Myanmar is part of a scheme orchestrated by the US to gradually break the chain of Islam in Asia.

An Iranian official says the country will dispatch a number of doctors and build a makeshift hospital to take care of the Myanmar Muslims’ needs.

A former Iranian diplomat says the crisis in the Korean Peninsula will benefit independent countries, including Iran.

An Iranian delegation will travel to Bangladesh on Thursday with a consignment of humanitarian aid for the Myanmarese Muslims, hundreds of thousands of whom have crossed into Bangladesh since late August to escape a military crackdown.

Head of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts, and Tourism Organization (ICHTO) Ali Asghar Mounesan has travelled to China to attend the 22nd General Assembly of the World Tourism Organization.

A senior IRGC general has rejected the idea of Iran’s military interference to help Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar similar to what it did for Iraq and Syria, saying the two cases are very different from each other.

A political commentator says the Myanmar government is conducting organized ethnic cleansing against Rohingya Muslims in the country.

The representative of Jewish people in Iran’s Parliament has strongly denounced the world’s silence towards the massacre of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, saying the Nobel Peace Prize should be taken back from Aung San Suu Kyi.

Pakistani Minister for Foreign Affairs Khawaja Muhammad Asif has met with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in Tehran.

An activist says the only way to force the Myanmar government into stopping its crackdown on the Rohingyas is that Muslim countries cut off trade ties with the country.

Iranian foreign ministry spokesman says the Pakistani foreign minister will arrive in Tehran on Monday at the head of a political-economic delegation.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said the heads of the member states of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) plan to hold a separate meeting in Kazakhstan about the ongoing “human tragedy” in Myanmar.

An Iranian lawmaker says the Islamic Republic can play an important role in uniting the Muslim world against the massacre of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar through the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.

Iranian worshippers staged massive demonstrations across the country on Friday to condemn the massacre of Rohingya Muslims in the Southeast Asian country of Myanmar.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a letter to the UN Secretary-General warned about the continuation of organised violence against Muslims in Myanmar, and called for the immediate action of the international community, particularly the UN.

Iran’s envoy to the UN on Thursday strongly condemned the ongoing violence against the Rohingya Muslims, and urged the world to combat the growing extremism and intolerance that has resulted in such plight.

Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has denounced the double-standard policies of human rights advocates when it comes to the plight of Rohingya Muslims, saying it is prepared to help those affected by Myanmar’s brutal crimes.

As international human rights have remained silent over the Myanmar government’s slaughter of Rohingya Muslims, Iranian social media users have stepped into the fray and become the voice of the voiceless.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and visiting Japanese PM’s Envoy Masahiko Komura have discussed issues of mutual interest, particularly the North Korea developments, in a meeting in Tehran.

Iranian foreign minister and Vatican City’s secretary for relations with states have conferred on the desperate situation of Muslims in Myanmar, calling for an international effort to end the plight.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has conferred with his Turkish, Malaysian, and Indonesian counterparts on the desperate plight of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar.