Iran-Nigeria Relations

Ali-Akbar Velayati expressed “deep regret and sorrow” over the Nigerian army’s recent “brutal attack” on Shiite Muslims in that country.

Iranian Foreign Ministry says Iran hopes that preservation of calm and national unity in Nigeria in battling terrorism is prioritized while rash and unconstructive measures are avoided.

President Rouhani holds separate meetings with his Bolivian and Nigerian counterparts as well as with the Algerian prime minister.

The Supreme Leader has said that the sole way for progress and victory by independent countries is resistance and relying on masses of people in the war of wills.