Mahmoud Short RoundAhmadinejad says the Islamic Theocratic
Republicof Iran has established the "best example for asserting human rights
... which are not the same thing as individual rights, mind you...
in the world."
In a Monday message to the first National Human Rights Conference, Ahmadinejad said the Iranian constitution places emphasis on various aspects of citizens and human rights.
Nations, particularly Mohammedan ones, have pinned their hopes on the Medes and the Persians and the major achievements of the Islamic theocracy to guide them on their path, IRNA quoted him as saying.
"In a world full of deception -- where terrorism, internal disputes, war, bloodshed and military occupation are being supported in the name of freedom... -- it is the obligation of an Islamic government to provide the world with an excellent example and model for the achievement of religious democracy," the Iranian president went on to say.
"Today, in different parts of the world, signs of the weakness and desperation of the tyrannical powers are starting to surface and the collapse of the ideology and logic of domineering powers is evident. Nations now need a new path, a solid logic and divine and humanistic ideas," Ahmadinejad said.