The foreign ministry’s statement was released on the occasion of the Nakba Day
which marks the anniversary of the establishment of the illegitimate Zionist
regime of Israel.
The full text of the statement follows.
Since the occupation of Palestinian territories and the formation of the
fabricated and racist Zionist regime [of Israel] on May 14, 1948, all humans
from every ethnicity, nation and race have witnessed the killing and excessive
sufferings of the defenseless people of this land on a daily basis; over the
past 70 years, not only has the savage and aggressor Zionist regime committed
anti-human crimes against the defenseless Palestinian nation, but it has been
the root cause of crises in the region and a real threat to international peace
and security, [it has caused] disasters and crises the bitter consequences of
which can be seen now in the form of numerous regional crises in different
shapes, including the spread of extremism, state terrorism, occupation,
aggression, excessive demands and bullying. The regime occupying al-Quds has
opted to kill and crack down on Palestinian people at this point in time in
order to ensure its hollow security.
The recent crime committed by this regime in killing the Palestinian people
taking part in the peaceful March of Return in Gaza is the latest instance of
the regime’s constant and ongoing crimes.
Incontrovertibly, the perpetuation of the organized occupation of Palestinian
territories and the continuation of this regime’s acts of terror together with
the Trump administration’s recent unwise and illegal decision to recognize al-Quds
as the capital of the Zionist regime [of Israel] and relocate the US embassy to
that place, will only further strengthen the resolution and determination of the
oppressed Palestinian nation in confronting and resisting occupation, and will
indubitably intensify anti-Zionist and anti-US moves in the region and across
the world and increase resistance in occupied territories.
In line with defending the cause of Palestine, as it has always done, the
Islamic Republic of Iran categorically condemns the United States’ illegitimate
and grudge-driven action, and firmly and deeply believes that Jerusalem al-Quds
is an integral part of the Palestinian territories and one of three holy Islamic
sites, and efforts to transfer the embassy to that place amounts to the flagrant
violation of international regulations and resolutions, including Resolutions
478 (1980) and 2334 (2016).
The Islamic Republic of Iran believes that the establishment of lasting and just
peace in the region hinges on the complete removal of occupation, the return
home of all refugees, determination of a future ruling system for Palestine
based on a referendum attended by all of its main residents, and, at the end of
the day, the establishment of an integrated Palestinian government with
Jerusalem al-Quds as its capital.
The Islamic Republic of Iran, while reiterating its support for the cause of
Palestine, calls on Islamic nations and governments to remain vigilant in the
face of plots hatched by the Zionist regime and its allies to sow discord within
the Islamic community and consign to oblivion the key issue of Palestine as the
main issue of the Muslim world, and urges them to maintain their unity and
solidarity in the face of the Zionist regime. It is necessary that Muslim
people, with more vigilance and prudence, remain on the watch for the
conspiracies and divisive attempts by this regime, its transregional supporters
and some regional parvenu, illusory, power-seeking leaders, who uniquely and
brazenly have violated all Islamic and humanitarian principles, and try to bring
about an unholy alliance and humiliating relationship with this illegitimate
regime, undermine the resistance and push the path of fighting Israeli occupiers
towards differences and ethnic-religious wars among Muslims.
At the end, the international community, especially the United Nations, is
expected to take a fundamental and humanitarian step against the Zionist
regime’s occupation and back-to-back acts of aggression and to deal with the
regime’s crimes, and also work out a firm and appropriate response to prevent
the behavior and divisive and bellicose actions and false propaganda of a regime
which believes the perpetuation of its illegitimate and fabricated existence is
contingent upon tension and violence in the region.
Source: IFPNEWS