'Religion in Modern World' parley in Iran

The head of Dialogue Among Cultures and Civilizations Foundation, Mohammad Khatami, held talks with some of the world leaders on the verge of the "Religion in the Modern World" conference in Tehran yesterday.

Khatami, Iran's former President, outlined the foundation's activities and approaches which aim at promoting peace between Islamic World and the West.

Prominent think-tanks, political and religious leaders, including former UN chief Kofi Annan, the European Commission president Romano Prodi, the former French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin, the ex-Portuguese President Jorge Sampaio and the former Irish President Mary Robinson are among guests attending in the meeting.

Participants are slated to review relation between religion and globalisation, modernity, democracy, peace and justice.

Mohammad Khatami delivered the following speech at "Religion in the Modern World" conference in Tehran:

"The world today has affected both people living in the West and those in the East, the former Iranian President said.

The roots of the modern world are much looser comparing to the bases of the world in the past.

ISNA