Leader urges global resistance against Israeli-US crimes in Gaza
Ayatollah Khamenei prioritizes domestic goods over foreign products
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei urged the Muslim world not to allow the issue of Palestine to sink into oblivion, emphasizing the need to confront the Israeli regime’s ongoing genocide in the blockaded Gaza Strip.
Ayatollah Khamenei made the remarks during a meeting with a large group of workers from across the country in the capital Tehran on Saturday.
“The biased policies that are being implemented in the world today against nations are aimed at making issues related to Palestine forgotten; Muslim nations should not allow this; they should not allow it to happen,” the Leader said.
“Through various rumors, different kinds of statements, and by bringing up new, irrelevant, and meaningless issues, they try to distract minds from the issue of Palestine. Minds must not be diverted from the issue of Palestine.”
Pointing to the all-out Western support for Israel in its atrocities in Gaza, Ayatollah Khamenei called on the international community to rise and confront the occupying regime and its sympathizers.
The leader also emphasized that the US and its allies, such as Britain, are complicit in the Israeli regime’s oppression of the Palestinian people, particularly in Gaza, and, despite public statements that may appear critical, these nations actively support Israel.
Since October 2023, the Israeli regime has launched a devastating war on the Gaza Strip. The Israeli attacks have so far killed nearly 52,000 Palestinians and injured nearly 120,000 others. Most of the victims have been women and children.
Supporting domestic products
Elsewhere in his remarks, the Leader pointed to the government’s support for the domestic products. He said that the consumption of domestic products is as an important support for the country’s workers and investors.
However, he said that buying foreign products is actually helping foreign workers and investors.
Criticizing a recent decision by the government to lift a five-year ban on imports of goods that have domestic counterparts, Ayatollah Khamanei called the decision an easy choice but detriment to the country and the working-class community.
“Even if a domestic product is not of good quality, try to improve its quality” he said.
According to a Wednesday report by the ISNA news agency, the Iranian Presidency’s Legal Department said in a letter addressed to the Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade (MIMT) that the ministry will be able to place orders for foreign-made consumer goods and consumer durables that have domestically-produced versions.
The letter, dated April 30, said that a ban on imports of such products that had been enacted in 2019 to support domestic manufacturers has expired, adding that the MIMT would still be allowed to regulate imports by imposing tariffs on certain goods.