The President made the remark in a meeting with participants in the meeting of the heads of Anti-Corruption Agencies of Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) member states.



President Ahmadinejad said the capitalist system, and the capitalists governing the world are the root cause of existing corruption, while standing against this to materialize the neglected rights of nations is the obligation and mission of all.



President Ahmadinejad added that violation of rights of oppressed people is another cause of corruption spread in the world.



Condemning massacre of nearly one million people in Afghanistan and Iraq by US forces, he stressed that the US invasion resulted in annihilation of a nation and expansion of poverty and backwardness in the region.



The President noted that use of US dollar in trade exchanges is the main cause of economic corruption in the world.



He stressed that the clue of drug trafficking and terrorism is in the hands of the bullying powers, adding that some 500 tons of narcotic drugs were produced in Afghanistan before invasion of the country by NATO forces while the amount has increased to 9,000 tons at the present time.



The al-Qaeda leader Bin Laden had been in hands of the US military forces long before he was killed, he said, adding that he was killed for US election campaign.



Dr.Ahmadinejad underlined the need for collective efforts to eradicate any probable corruption and unfair approach in the Islamic countries.