H.E. Mr. Javad Kachoueian:

We are ready to discuss. They are very important subjects. There is a judicial procedure in Iran in which the victim's family is asked to avoid the death sentence for murderers. According to Islam, there is thing called Qisas where if a person kills somebody, the family of the victim can get revenge. However, we ask the families of murder victims to forgive and, fortunately, we have been very successful. Many families forgive murderers. This is very important.

A Senator asked about the Baha'is. I want to clarify that according to our constitution, there are four official religions in Iran, namely, Islam, Judaism, Christianity and Zoroastrianism. However, there is no form of discrimination and violation of rights as a result of being Baha'i. Baha'is are not deprived of education or put on trial solely because of being Baha'is. The Baha'is who are in prison have committed illegal acts, as have Muslims in prison. There is no difference between Muslims and Baha'is in this respect. Somebody mentioned the recent demonstration in France. I think he is talking about the Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization, MKO.