Iran calls US airdrop of aid into Gaza ‘ridiculous, symbolic’ move
International Desk
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani slammed the US airdrop of humanitarian aid into Gaza as “a merely symbolic” move.
Kanaani said Washington vetoed three resolutions calling for an immediate end to the war in the besieged strip and, at the same time, is sending its weapons to Israel.
He emphasized that the US resorts to “ridiculous and bitter’” measures in an effort to rectify and justify its warmongering policy.
However, the people of the world are aware of the realities on the ground, he said.
The US Central Command has announced that together with Jordan’s Air Force it had “conducted a combined humanitarian assistance airdrop into Gaza … to provide essential relief to civilians affected by the ongoing conflict.”
Kanaani also said that the US is the main party responsible for the start and continuation of Israel’s war on the people of Palestine in the Gaza Strip.
“The American government stood by the Zionist regime in words and deeds,” Kanaani said.
Since the beginning of Israel’s war in October, the US has been providing the regime with large-scale shipments of weapons, he added.
He noted that the US has been exerting pressure on the Palestinian people, slamming the “painful inaction” of the international community, particularly the United Nations, over the past five months about the Israeli regime’s brutal attacks against Gaza.