Press TV- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani regrets that the world is witnessing a rise in extremism, emphasizing the need for a �strong will� in the international community to uproot terror and violence.

�Unfortunately today, we are witnessing the growth of violent extremism in the world,� Rouhani said in a speech at Moscow State University on Tuesday upon receiving an honorary doctoral degree.
�Islamophobia, racism and Takfiri ideologies have, in effect, joined one another and risen up to challenge peoples� integrity and to feed violence and extremism,� Rouhani noted.
The Iranian president further pointed to his 2015 proposal to the UN, World Against Violence and Extremism, and said �the need for a global will to eliminate violence and extremism is today felt more than ever before.�

That proposal, known as WAVE, was drafted and tabled in the form of a resolution at the General Assembly, which adopted the text in December 2013.

The solution to the regrettable situation, he said, �is to first exercise tolerance and self-restraint, and then expand multilateral and honest talks, which feature respect for all countries� interests.�

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�Let us turn compulsion into choice, imposition into tolerance, humiliation into dignity, and violence and extremism into kindness and broad-mindedness,� Rouhani stated.


[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="555"] Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and his delegation are seen at Moscow State University, where he was awarded an honorary doctoral degree, March 28, 2017. (Photo by president.ir)[/caption]
The Iranian chief executive hailed successful Russo-Iranian cooperation in battling terrorism in Syria, saying it was high time that all regional countries helped enable the return of refugees to their homeland.

�Time ripe to make world safer�

The decline, which has befallen the West�s dominance over the world, and also the demise of monopoly over the world�s wealth, power and technology has brought about a �historical opportunity� for nations to set up �new international foundations,� said the Iranian statesman.

Such structure has to turn the world into a safer place for all by using common human values as its basis, Rouhani added.