The Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued on Monday a statement regarding the ceasefire plan in Gaza, emphasizing that Iran has always supported any initiative that includes stopping ethnic cleansing, war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza and provides the basis for realizing the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination.
“Recalling the legal and moral responsibility of the international community to confront the ongoing genocide in Gaza in accordance with the ‘1948 United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide’ as well as the legal and moral responsibility of each state to assist the legitimate and lawful struggle of the Palestinian people in order to realize the right to self-determination and freedom from the yoke of occupation, apartheid, and colonialism of the Zionist regime, the Iranian Foreign Ministry has always supported any initiative that includes stopping ethnic cleansing and war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza and paves the way for the realization of the right to self-determination for the Palestinian people.”
“The Islamic Republic of Iran, taking into account the dangerous dimensions and aspects of this plan, and while warning again against the Zionist regime’s repeated breach of promise and sabotage in fulfilling its promises, especially in light of this regime’s expansionist and racist plans, considers any decision in this regard to be within the competence of the Palestinian people and resistance and it welcomes any decision they make that includes stopping the genocide of the Palestinians, the withdrawal of the Zionist occupying army from Gaza, respect for the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination, the entry of humanitarian aid, and the reconstruction of Gaza,” the statement added.
“Stopping the crime and genocide in Gaza will not negate the responsibility of governments and competent international institutions to legally and judicially prosecute the crimes of the Zionist regime, and to identify and prosecute the perpetrators of war crimes, genocide, and crimes against humanity in the Gaza Strip, with the aim of ending the Zionist regime’s decades-long impunity.”
The Islamic Republic of Iran, while expressing hope that the conditions will be provided for the immediate delivery of humanitarian aid to the oppressed people of Gaza, announces its readiness to participate in this matter, the statement affirmed.
Source: IRNA
