Around 200 Assyrian Christians protested outside the UN building in Iran's capital today to demand action to halt the Islamic State jihadist group's victimisation of their community in Syria and Iraq.
IS has "destroyed Assyrian monuments in Syria and Iraq. We ask the international community, especially the UN, to hold a Security Council meeting" to decide on military intervention, Hovik Behboud, an organiser, told AFP.
"We are gathered here for the international community to hear our voice and seek their help in the release of prisoners," said Nancy Aldo, one of the demonstrators, who wore orange scarves as a sign of solidarity with the Assyrians kidnapped by IS in northern Syria.
In February, IS militants kidnapped 220 Assyrians in the mainly Kurdish province of Hasakeh and have reportedly released 19 of them for ransoms.
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