TEHRAN (IRNA) -- President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared on Thursday that religious minorities are an inseparable part of the Iranian population and insisted that no country can cause a friction among this “big and united family”.

""Iran is a big family and a big nation and religious minorities are regarded as inseparable parts of this big and unified family,"" the president told the Majlis deputies representing the religious minorities in Iran.
Religious minorities enjoy full legal rights in Iran, he said, adding, ""We all are Iranian and our relations are based on humanitarian principle. Religious minorities have lived in peace with us and even they have dedicated martyrs to the Islamic Revolution.""
""We are a big and unified family and seditious plots of the enemies cannot affect our relationships,"" underlined President Ahmadinejad.
The Majlis deputies representing religious minorities praised the approach of the government in dealing with problems and demands of religious minorities.