Raisi said that the United States and Israel should be tried in international courts for committing genocide and crimes against humanity.
He said the true face of the US and many Western countries was uncovered in the course of the genocidal campaign in Gaza. “They are not a party to peace but a party to war.”
The US has vetoed any UN Security Council resolution for a cease-fire in Gaza and provided the Israeli regime with weapons and financial aid, the president said.
Raisi urged an immediate end to the Israeli barbarism against an “oppressed but strong” Palestinian people.
He called for an immediate end to Israel’s attacks on Gaza, lifting the blockade and opening the crossings for aid delivery as well as creating a special fund to help in the reconstruction of Gaza.
The Iranian president also warned against Washington’s scheme of the “forced displacement” of Palestinians from Gaza and denounced the inaction of world leaders.
He said that it is not enough to just verbally condemn the crimes happening in Gaza, stressing that the people of the world expect action from their rulers.
Raisi said that the Palestinian issue is a central topic for Muslim nations and all free people of the world. He added that the continued occupation does not grant the occupier legitimacy, and the Palestinian people have the right to defend themselves.
The Iranian president underlined that Hamas’s October 7 Operation Al-Aqsa Storm came in response to the injustices to which the Palestinian people have been exposed.
The just solution for the Palestinian people is to allow them to determine their own fate, Raisi said.