He further called
on the relevant governmental bodies to pave the ground for the
dispatch of Iranian medics to Myanmar.
Rayeeszadeh announced that
his organization has so far dispatched medical teams to Somalia,
Lebanon, Kenya, Somalia and Iraq.
The government of Myanmar
refuses to recognize Rohingyas, who it claims are not natives and
classifies as illegal migrants, although the Rohingya are said to be
Muslim descendants of Persian, Turkish, Bengali, and Pathan origin,
who migrated to Burma as early as the 8th century.
Even Myanmar’s
so-called democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi has kept quiet on the
atrocities committed against the Rohingya Muslims.
Myanmar’s
President Thein Sein said Rohingya Muslims must be expelled from the
country and sent to refugee camps run by the United Nations.
The
UN says decades of discrimination have left the Rohingyas stateless,
with Myanmar implementing restrictions on their movement and
withholding land rights, education and public services.
Since
June, hundreds of members of the nearly-one-million-strong Rohingya
Muslim minority have been killed and tens of thousands of others
among them have been displaced in the west of the country due to a
wave of communal violence.
Over the past two years, waves of
ethnic Muslims have attempted to flee by boats in the face of
systematic oppression by the Myanmar government.