Iran committed to continue support for Palestine

The top foreign policy adviser to the Leader of Islamic Revolution Ali Akbar Velayati reiterated Tehran’s support for Palestinians against the occupying force of the Zionist regime.

According to IRNA, he made the remarks in the Islamic Awakening Conference in Islamabad on Thursday.
Voicing hope that the ongoing regional Islamic Awakening would spread further, Velayati noted that Iran’s Leader, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei is supporting of Palestinian resistance.
He said “Muslims should avoid colonial values imposed on them by outside powers because it is Islamic values that can guarantee their salvation.” Secretary General of the World Assembly of Islamic Awakening reminded the inspiring role of Iran’s 1979 revolution’s founder late Imam Khomeini for the revolutionary nations.
In the second day of his trip to Pakistan, Velayati had meetings with Pakistani religious scholars and Punjab state officials as well as officials of Pakistan’s Jamaat-e-Islami party.
Velayati said Wednesday after a meeting with Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan Nayyar Hussain Bukhari “We hope that… more grounds will be provided for the unity of the Islamic Ummah as the power of the Islamic world in the future depends on unity of the Islamic Ummah.”
Velayati aslo said that he discussed different aspects of relations between Tehran and Islamabad in his meetings with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and Senate Chairman Bukhari.
Velayati said that he discussed mutual cooperation in the fields of electricity, gas, agriculture, industries and culture in his meetings with the two Pakistani officials.
Heading a high-ranking political delegation, Velayati arrived in Pakistan on Wednesday for a three-day visit and was welcomed by Pakistani Foreign Ministry officials as well as Iran’s Ambassador to Islamabad Ali Reza Haqiqian.