Iranian Leader Ali Khamenei on Saturday called on Islamic countries to impose an oil embargo on Israel, while President Ibrahim Raisi accused the United States of being an accomplice in the massacres committed against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
Khamenei said that it is the duty of Islamic countries to prevent sending oil, fuel and goods to Israel.
The Iranian guide added that providing support to the resistance is a duty, considering standing by Israel a crime and treason.
For his part, Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi said that the Palestinian people will win and that Israel will be defeated, considering that ending the war in Gaza and opening corridors for humanitarian aid is a priority at the present time.
He stressed On the necessity of a ceasefire and lifting the siege on the Gaza Strip, stressing his country’s refusal to displace the Palestinian people.
Party to aggression
Raisi accused the United States of being a party to the aggression against the Palestinian people, saying that its hands are stained with the blood of the Palestinians, and that the Gaza issue revealed to the entire world that Washington is committing massacres and genocide, and that it is responsible for what is happening in Gaza.
He pointed out that Israeli war crimes are being committed against the Palestinians in light of the silence and failure of international institutions, stressing that continuing the occupation does not grant the occupier legitimacy.
He said that the Palestinian people have the right to defend themselves, stressing that the final solution is to expel the occupation from the Palestinian territories, and that the Al-Aqsa Flood operation launched by the Palestinian resistance on October 7 came in response to the injustice to which the Palestinian people were exposed.
Regarding the situation in Gaza after the war, Raisi said that the Hamas movement represents the choice of the people of Gaza, and that the fate of this region is determined by the Palestinians, stressing that the final solution is to expel the occupation from the Palestinian territories.
Security Council failure
For his part, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian said that the UN Security Council failed to stop what he described as the brutal killings carried out by Israel against the residents of the Gaza Strip.
Abdullahian added that the United States and Israel’s supporters bear responsibility for the failure to cease fire in Gaza.
The Iranian Foreign Minister said that his country’s goal is to stop Israeli attacks on the Palestinian people and the ongoing violation of human rights in Palestine.