Iran’s ‘yes’ vote at UNGA in line with Palestinian cause
Iran’s permanent mission to the United Nations said there has been no change in Iran’s policy towards Palestine, noting that Tehran’s ‘yes’ vote to a UN General Assembly resolution on Gaza conflict on Friday was consistent with the country’s position.
The mission said on Tuesday that the Iranian government considers the UN approval of the resolution a victory for the international community supporting Palestine, defending the Palestinians’ right to determine their own fate, and that Iran supported the resolution in its entirety in a unified move with Islamic countries, according to IRNA.
At the same time, and according to the working procedure of the General Assembly, the Islamic Republic has announced its objection to the two-state solution and the recognition of the Israeli regime as a state. Therefore, the Islamic Republic did not co-sponsor Jordan’s motion due to the contradiction in some parts of the resolution to Iran’s position, it said.
The two-state solution calls for establishing an independent state for Palestinians alongside Israel.
On Friday, the United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly in favor of the resolution, calling for an immediate humanitarian truce between Israel and the Palestinian resistance movement, Hamas.
The 193-member body passed the non-binding resolution, drafted by a group of 22 Arab countries, by a margin of 120 to 14, with 45 countries abstaining. The United States and Israel voted no.
Among the abstentions was Canada, which had introduced an amendment that would have more explicitly condemned Hamas for its October 7 attack and demanded the immediate release of captives seized by the group.
The General Assembly voted after the UN Security Council had failed to take action over two weeks, with the US and Russia using their veto powers to block proposals supported by the other.
The adopted resolution calls for an “immediate, durable and sustained humanitarian truce leading to a cessation of hostilities” and “firmly rejects any attempts at the forced transfer of the Palestinian civilian population”.
It also stresses the need to avoid a wider escalation of the fighting and demands increased humanitarian aid for Gaza, where only a small handful of trucks carrying aid have been allowed to enter over the last week.