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Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki on Thursday urged Muslim states to maintain solidarity in facing challenges targeting the world of Islam.

"Over recent years, Islamic values have been subject to strong attacks, all which being based on especial motivations or wrong attitudes towards Islamic injunctions. The scope of the attacks has become so extensive to include insult to Holy Quran and the Holly Prophet (of Islam)," said Mottaki in a meeting with ambassadors of 57 Muslim states in the UN.

"That's (insult to sanctities) can not be tolerated by Muslim Ummah and Muslim states should close their ranks and get further united against such threats," he said.

Meanwhile, Mottaki said Iran is the sole Muslim state from Asia to run candidacy for a seat in the UN Security Council this year, so Muslim states are invited to support the bid.

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