Iran urges greater support for Palestine

Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva has called on the international community to step up its support for the Palestinian cause.

According to IRIB, addressing an official UN meeting on International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinians on Saturday, Seyyed Mohammad-Reza Sajjadi voiced the support of Iran and the Non-Aligned Movement, which is currently chaired by Iran, for the people of Palestine.
He said “It is necessary for us to cooperate all together in a collective effort to put an end to the systematic and extensive violation of human rights and other inhuman acts contradicting the principles and basics of international law that are committed by the occupying Zionist regime on a daily basis.”
Sajjadi warned that the Zionist regime’s atrocities are leading to a mounting deterioration of the Palestinians’ welfare and livelihood.
The remarks came after Zionist regime announced plans to build 3,000 settlement units in the occupied West Bank and East al-Quds in retaliation for the upgrading of the Palestinian status at the United Nations.
Sajjadi added “The international community should strive to force the Zionist regime to abide by its international obligations, halt settlement construction activities, and destroy the apartheid separation wall.”