Iran Urges UN to Stop Israeli Atrocities in Gaza
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The foreign minister of Iran called on the UN secretary general to intervene responsibly in the efforts to end the Zionist regime’s heinous crimes and acts of aggression against Palestinian people.
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian raised the alarm in a letter to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday as he pointed to the recent developments in Palestine and the Israeli regime’s decades-long aggression on Palestinians.
Amirabdollahian touched on the plight and suffering of the Palestinian people at the hands of the illegal entity over the past seven decades, blaming Western countries, led by the United States, for the dire situation in Palestine, Press TV reported.
"During the past seven decades, the occupying Zionist regime without paying the slightest attention to the laws and norms of international law, including international humanitarian law and human rights, and while enjoying all-out support from the United States of America and the West, which protect this regime against any legal charges and punishment, has committed the most heinous war crimes, crimes against humanity and the crime of genocide against the oppressed people of Palestine," the top Iranian diplomat said in the letter.
Amirabdollahian pointed to the Al-Aqsa Storm operation by the Palestinian resistance groups against Israel and described the Hamas-led military action as a natural reaction of the Palestinian people in defense of their most basic rights.
The Iranian foreign minister also underlined the Palestinians' right to self-defense against the occupying regime in accordance with the UN Charter and international law.
“The legitimate right to defense is an inherent right that is clearly recognized in the United Nations Charter and international law,” Amirabdollahian wrote. “The Palestinian nation, as a nation that has been unjustly deprived of the fundamental right to determine its own destiny and is exposed to attacks and violations of human rights and human dignity at any moment, unequivocally has the right to defend itself and resist occupation and aggression.”
In his letter to the UN chief, Amirabdollahian warned about the indiscriminate killing of Palestinians by the Zionist regime in the battle against the Gaza Strip and raised the alarm about the dangers of laying a full sedge around the coastal area by cutting water supply and humanitarian aid.
“With an overview of the inhumane actions and blatant threats of the Zionist officials in recent days... I deem it necessary to warn against the occurrence of a major human catastrophe in occupied Palestine and highlight the responsibility of the United Nations and the secretary general to support the oppressed people of Palestine and to prevent the aggressor regime from continuing the violence, bloodshed and destruction in Gaza,” he said.
Israeli forces continue pounding the Gaza Strip for a fifth day, killing at least 950 Palestinians. The death toll in Israel has climbed to 1,200 people.
In Gaza, rescuers struggle to reach survivors in some areas. Humanitarian groups condemn Israel’s announcement that it would cut off food, water and supplies in a full siege of the enclave.
Israeli defense minister Yoav Gallant has pledged to launch a ground offensive in Gaza following Hamas’s Al-Aqsa Storm operation.
