In a statement issued on the occasion of Nakba Day, which
commemorates the illegal Zionist regime of Israel, Iran's Foreign Ministry
noted that the only option to ensure Palestinian rights is for governments and
Muslim nations to embrace resistance against the occupiers.
Any compromise with the Islamic Ummah's sworn foes,
according to Foreign Ministry, supports the apartheid Zionist regime's heinous
deeds and human rights violations.
The full text of the statement is as follows:
“May 14, 1948, the Nakba Day, is reminiscent of occupation,
massacre and displacement of the true owners of the Palestinian land at the
hands of Zionist occupiers and usurpers, and the onset of a trend of systematic
violations of the Palestinian nation’s natural and basic rights.
Since that date, the criminal Zionists — backed by some
Western powers — have usurped the holy land of Palestine with the forceful use
of weapons and through carnage and plunder, laying the foundation for lasting
insecurity and instability in the West Asia region, a situation that continues
to this day.
The anniversary of the Nakba Day once again reminds the
world’s governments and nations of their human and legal duty of defending the
Palestinian people’s rights and puts on display the failure of international
institutions and organizations to resolve one of the longest-running
humanitarian and political crises in the world.
This comes especially at a time when the usurper Zionist
regime has started a new round of desecrations of Palestine’s religious sites,
Islamic sanctities and al-Quds as well as slaughter of the defenseless
Palestinian people, which has, of course, been met with a crushing response
from Palestine’s popular resistance and Intifada, with God’s grace.
The Islamic Republic of Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs
emphasizes addressing the issue of Palestine, as the foremost and principal
issue of the Muslim world, and considers attempts by global Zionism to drive
the issue into oblivion is doomed to failure.
As shown by history, any compromise with the sworn enemies
of the Islamic Ummah encourages the apartheid Zionist government’s inhumane
acts and violations of human rights. Muslim nations and leaders should know
that the only way to realize the Palestinian people’s rights is maintaining
Islamic unity and convergence and the world’s freedom-seeking governments and
Muslim nations’ support for the resistance against occupiers and bullying
powers.
The Islamic Republic of Iran believes that just and lasting
peace will not be established in West Asia unless through the resolution of the
fundamental issues in this crisis, including ending the organized occupation of
Palestine, securing a return of refugees, deciding Palestine’s future through a
referendum participated by all of its true owners, and finally, the formation
of a unified Palestinian government, with Quds al-Sharif as its capital.
While expressing its full solidarity with the Palestinian
people’s ideal cause and paying tribute to the martyrs and fighters on the path
to freedom and the Muslims’ First Qibla, the Islamic Republic of Iran invites
all governments and international bodies to shoulder their human and legal
duties vis-à-vis the oppressed Palestinian people and prevent a continuation of
occupation and crimes by the regime occupying al-Quds and the spread of this
regime’s racist policies in occupied Palestine.”
