Tehran (IP) - On the occasion of Eid al-Adha, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohanmad Javad Zarif said the salvation of humanity requires the sacrifice of selfish interests.

Iran Press/Iran News: "As we mark Eid al-Adha (Feast of the Sacrifice), let us all pray and commit ourselves to sacrifice what some—sadly—are willing to kill for: short-sighted, zero-sum and selfish interests," Zarif wrote on his Twitter account on Thursday.

"Our Ummah and our global community require this paradigm shift for survival," he added.

In another tweet  written in Arabic, he referred to the arrival of the occasion amid the corona virus out break and expressed hope that compromise, unity and sacrifice for the sake of Islamic and human principles returns to human community.

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