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Pezeshkian calls for global action to rein in Israel
The Iranian president made the remarks during a meeting with visiting Qatar’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, whose country alongside Egypt and the United States have been mediating a cease-fire agreement in recent weeks to put an end to months of Israel’s brutal onslaught on Gaza.
Pezeshkian expressed hope that all other countries that adhere to the international law would stand together to force the supporters of Israel to contain the regime and stop its crimes in Gaza.
Appreciating Qatar’s efforts to establish a cease-fire in Gaza, Pezeshkian said human rights and all international legal rules are violated in Gaza every hour and minute, but countries claiming to defend human rights are not only staying silent on Israel’s atrocities but are supporting the perpetrator.
The Qatari foreign minister said his country would continue its efforts to achieve a cease-fire in the besieged Palestinian territory, stressing that Doha counts on Iran’s constructive role in this regard.
More than 40,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza Strip as a result of Israeli military action since the beginning of its devastating war on Gaza in last October. The Palestinian Health Ministry says more than 16,000 of those deaths were children.
Alongside the fatalities, nearly 60% of buildings in Gaza have been damaged or destroyed and nearly two million Palestinians have been displaced by the Israel’s army and face a grave humanitarian crisis.
Before his meeting with Pezeshkian, the Qatari official also held a separate meeting with Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi who said Iran supports any cease-fire agreement acceptable to Palestinian resistance groups in Gaza. Araghchi added that Iran welcomes Qatar’s efforts to swiftly stop Israel’s crimes against the “oppressed Palestinian people and to establish cease-fire in Gaza.”
Haniyeh assassination
The visit by the Qatar’s top diplomat to Iran came as tensions remain high in the region following Israel’s assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran on July 31. Iran has blamed Israel for the assassination and has vowed to punish the regime for the killing of Haniyeh who had traveled to Tehran to attend the swearing-in ceremony of the Iranian president.
On Monday, Abbas Araghchi told his Italian counterpart Antonio Tajani that Iran’s response to Israel would be “definite, calculated and accurate.”
Unlike the Israeli regime, Iran does not seek to increase tensions in the region although it is not afraid of it, Araghchi added.
Meanwhile, Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Baqeri said on Monday that the assassination of the Hamas leader cannot be forgotten and revenge for Haniyeh’s blood by the Axis of Resistance and Iran is
“certain.”
General Baqeri underlined that the Islamic Republic and the Axis of Resistance will separately act in this regard.