NOURNEWS- Emphasizing the right of the Palestinian people to determine their own destiny, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian considered a referendum to be the complete solution to the Palestinian crisis.
"The dimensions of this idea have been officially registered by the Islamic Republic of Iran in the United Nations," Amir-Abdollahian said in a meeting with foreign ambassadors and heads and representatives of international organizations residing in Tehran.
The meeting was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with the aim of explaining the views, approaches, and actions of the Islamic Republic of Iran to help end the Zionist regime's aggression against Gaza and help maintain security in the region.
While explaining Iran's point of view regarding the nature of the current crisis and supporting the oppressed Palestinian nation within the framework of their legitimate right to confront the occupation, the constructive efforts of the Islamic Republic of Iran in various bilateral, regional and international dimensions to end the oppressive war against the Palestinian nation in Gaza and the West Bank, Amir-Abdollahian explained the lifting of the blockade of Gaza, the immediate sending of humanitarian aid and the prevention of the displacement of Palestinians from Gaza.
He expressed hope that with the fruition of the efforts made to realize the ceasefire, the brutal killing of defenseless citizens, women and children of Gaza and the West Bank will stop.
Emphasizing that the Al-Aqsa Storm operation was a completely Palestinian decision, the top Iranian diplomat said that the Zionist regime, in the shadow of its inability to confront the Resistance forces, took revenge on the defenseless people of Gaza and the West Bank, which resulted in committing genocide and the war crime and killing of more than 14 thousand Palestinian citizens, 70% of which were children, women and the elderly.
Amir-Abdollahian, meanwhile, noted that the United States was, on the one hand, asking Iran to invite the Resistance groups defending Gaza to exercise self-restraint, and throwing all-out support behind the Israeli regime on the other.
He called the two-sided US attitude "completely paradoxical."
The foreign minister noted that Iran did not have any "proxy groups" in the region, suggesting that it was not up to the Islamic Republic to exert pressure on the Resistance outfits. He, meanwhile, reminded that the US was expecting the Resistance to exercise self-restraint, while itself had not stopped short of throwing military support behind the Israeli regime throughout the course of the war "even for a single hour."
The Tel Aviv regime launched a war against the Gaza Strip on October 7 following an operation by the territory's Resistance groups, which killed some 1,200 Zionist settlers and military forces and led to the imprisonment of hundreds more. More than 14,000 Palestinians have been killed in the brutal Israeli war so far.
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