International symposium on Islam and human rights to convene in Tehran, Saturday

The International symposium on Islam and human rights will be held in Tehran on Saturday with the participation of senior researchers and university presidents in Arab and foreign countries.

During its two-day deliberations the symposium's events will concentrate on basic principles of human rights, human rights and social strata and human rights on the international level.

Research will also highlight the Islamic conception and the main principles of human rights in Islam. In a statement he made in Tehran on Wednesday, the Iranian assistant director of the cultural and Islamic relations organization for Iranian research affairs, Muhsin Ghaliji, said that, "Western states exploit the issue of human rights for their political purposes."

He added that this issue has become a political means by the US to strike all who stand against its interests all over the world, noting that "Islam is one of the most divine religions ... which takes human rights into consideration."