Iran Condemns Israeli Strike on Beirut


TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Iranian Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson strongly condemned the Israeli regime’s “terrorist attack” on a residential building in a densely populated area of Beirut that killed and injured dozens of civilians on Friday.

In a statement released on Friday night, Nasser Kanaani said the brutal and heinous airstrike by the Zionist regime on Beirut, shortly after Tel Aviv’s terrorist act, that is, the mass killing of the Lebanese people by abusing their communication equipment, constitutes a gross violation of international law as well as the sovereignty, territorial integrity and national security of Lebanon.

He said the Friday‘s attack must be condemned by the international community in the strongest terms.

Kanaani added that there is no doubt that the Zionist regime, contrary to the demand of the vast majority of the world governments and nations for a ceasefire, seeks to intensify tensions and spread the war and conflict across the region, and such a malicious policy is a clear and the most serious threat to international peace and security.

He then reaffirmed Iran’s support and solidarity with the people, government and resistance of Lebanon. The spokesman underlined that despite the recent barbaric attacks by the Zionists, the government, people and resistance of Lebanon have proven that they will not stop their honorable support for the defenseless and oppressed people of Palestine.

Kanaani also expressed hope that the countries and governments, which support international peace and security, would use the opportunity at the UN General Assembly to take decisive measures to stop the Zionist regime's mass killing machine against the oppressed Palestinian people as well as other nations in the region, including Lebanon and Syria.