Iran has strongly condemned Israel’s incursion into the densely-populated city of Rafah in southern Gaza despite international warnings that it would create a humanitarian catastrophe.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kan’ani said the move is aimed at sabotaging international efforts to stop the regime’s genocidal war in Gaza.
The Iranian official made the remarks in a statement on Tuesday, after Israeli forces seized control of the Rafah border crossing, cutting off a vital route for humanitarian aid for an estimated 1.5 million Palestinians sheltering in the city bordering Egypt.
Kan’ani said Israel’s invasion of the crossing shows the savagery of a rogue regime holding no commitment to any international norm and threatening international peace and security.
“This move by the (Israeli) regime has been made to render international efforts at the cessation of war and ending the genocide in Gaza futile and with the sole purpose of serving the individual and collective interests of the Zionists,” he said.
The Iranian official reiterated that the key to peace and security in the region is the “immediate and unconditional” cessation of hostilities in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank.
He urged all international actors to mount pressure on the Israeli regime to stop the war.
Kan’ani said the responsibility for the crimes and bloodshed in Rafah lies with the Israeli regime and its main supporter, the United States.
“Iran once again calls on the international legal institutions to investigate the crimes against humanity committed by the apartheid regime and to bring its leaders to trial.”
