IRI reaffirms solidarity with the Palestinians

The Islamic Republic of Iran on Friday reaffirmed solidarity with the people of Palestine in their tireless efforts and unwavering determination to pursue their national aspirations and in their courageous struggle to defend their inalienable rights.

Addressing a UN General Assembly session on 'Question of Palestine', Iran's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Mohammad Khazaei said, "The recent United Nations reports on the Question of Palestine, yet again bear witness to the unfortunate reality that, in the past 12 months, the Zionist regime has continued with its crimes against the defenseless Palestinian people, and has been systematically altering the Palestinian land through unlawful policies and practices, including settlement construction and the construction of the wall in the West Bank."
As the report of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People indicates, throughout the period under review, the Israeli regime has continued with its criminal practices against Palestinians through unlawful measures, he noted.

The Iranian envoy referred to extra judicial killings, house demolitions, unlawful detention of Palestinian authorities, humiliating systems of checkpoints, expanding the illegal settlements, construction of the unlawful wall in contravention of the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice, periodic closures, sealing-off the Gaza Strip and the destruction of Palestinian civilian infrastructure and agricultural lands as measures taken by the Zionist regime against the Palestinian nation.

"These have resulted in unspeakable sufferings and losses for the Palestinian people, including the death and injury of hundreds of Palestinians, and have caused unprecedented humanitarian crisis in the Palestinian society," he said.