Democracy Never Achieved By Guns - Iranian President

BALI, Indonesia  (NNN-IRNA) -- President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said that democracy will be established only through global commitment to justice and freedom, saying it will never comes out of guns.

Addressing the fifth annual Bali Democracy Forum here on Thursday, the president described democracy as the latest human achievement that can be directed to administration of justice throughout the world.

In a real democratic government, he said, the governors should move towards justice and freedom.

He then referred to occupation of Palestinian lands and said it is the obvious example of colonialism and blatant violation of human rights.

Massacre of innocent people in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan as well as broad suppression of freedom and legitimate rights of nations along with terrorism and establishment of military and intelligence bases of big powers aimed at imposing backwardness on other nations is among other examples of colonial approaches and violation of rights of nations, the president reiterated.

Condemning production and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction such as nuclear bombs, he said such moves that threaten lives of world nations are other examples of human rights violations. -- NNN-IRNA