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Via Iran’s state-run PressTV:

Iran has condemned the recent mass abduction of female students in Nigeria as part of an Islamophobia campaign and called for immediate efforts to release the girls.

In a Friday statement, the Iranian vice president for Women and Family Affairs condemned such “acts of extremism as well as violent and inhumane actions” and Islamophobia as “two sides of the same coin.”

The statement underlined the necessity of education and training for women as the prerequisite to eradicate poverty, hunger and disease from all societies, expressing optimism that the humanity will witness a world free of violence and extremism.

On April 15, Boko Haram kidnapped 276 teenage girls from Chibok school in Borno State. Security forces say 223 remain missing after 53 girls managed to escape.

The abduction of the girls triggered an international outcry and protests in Nigeria, piling pressure on the government to bring the girls back.