Israeli actions ‘may force everyone’ to act: Raisi
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said on Sunday that Israel’s ongoing bombardment of Gaza “may force everyone” to act in the latest warning issued by Tehran since the start of the Israel-Hamas conflict.
“The crimes of the Zionist regime have crossed the red lines, and this may force everyone to take action,” Raisi said on X, formerly Twitter.
Also in an interview with Al Jazeera TV on Saturday, he slammed the United States’ unbridled support for Israel in its war on Gaza, saying, “Washington asks us not to do anything, but they keep giving widespread support to Israel and this is not acceptable.”
“The US sent messages to the Axis of Resistance but received a clear response on the battlefield,” the president said.
Raisi added that the US and some European countries were trying to block the efforts made to establish a cease-fire in Gaza.
“This is a crime.”
The president described US policies on the region as “totally wrong” and said, “Washington will not achieve its goal of creating a new Middle East.”
Raisi pointed to Iran’s “unwavering” support for Palestine, but noted that “the resistance in Palestine is independent and makes its own decisions without receiving any orders from Tehran.”
He further said Israel would not be able to “uproot” Palestinian resistance despite US all-out support.