WANA (Mar 18) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Ismail Baghaei strongly condemned the new wave of Israeli attacks against the defenseless people of Gaza and the massacre of hundreds of Palestinian civilians, including innocent women and children. He emphasized that these assaults, which are occurring alongside the ongoing blockade of food and medicine in the strip, are being carried out with the green light from the United States.

 

The spokesperson described these attacks as a continuation of genocide and ethnic cleansing in the occupied Palestinian territories and held the U.S. government directly responsible for Israel’s crimes.

 

He also stressed the responsibility of all governments and the United Nations to stop genocide and crimes against humanity in Gaza. He warned that inaction in the face of Israel’s blatant and unprecedented violations of international law and norms—carried out with the full complicity and partnership of the U.S., the UK, and certain other Western countries—would lead to the collapse of the legal and normative system based on the UN Charter, with catastrophic consequences for global peace and security.

 

The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson further highlighted the special responsibility of the Islamic world in preventing the ongoing massacre and genocide in the occupied Palestinian territories. He called for serious action by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to support the oppressed people of Palestine, accelerate legal proceedings against Israeli leaders at the International Criminal Court, enforce the rulings of the International Court of Justice, and halt the supply of weapons and all forms of financial and economic support to the occupying regime.