Larijani: Shiaa, Sunni Division to Fail

Local Editor

Iranian House Speaker Ali Larijani warned arrogant powers that their efforts to cause a split between Shiaa and Sunni Muslims are doomed to fail.

"The enemy seeks to prevent Muslims from making further progress through plots," Larijani said in the Indonesian capital city of Jakarta on Friday.

The senior Iranian official added that the US and its allies would not succeed to obtain their objectives "because Muslims are awakened and will foil their conspiracies."

He pointed to the revolutions in Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Yemen and Bahrain and said, "The movements indicate the Muslims' awakening because they seek to determine their own destiny and to free themselves from the yoke of dictators."

Larijani emphasized that efforts by arrogant powers to impede the current awakening in the region would not bear fruits.

The top Iranian parliamentarian stressed the importance of using great potentialities of Muslim countries to strengthen their unity, saying this would lead to a strong current in the world.