Iran Majlis ready to send Gaza aid

A senior Iranian lawmaker has said Tehran is ready to send humanitarian aid for the impoverished people of Gaza trapped in the blockaded coastal sliver.

Head of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Alaeddin Boroujerdi told an Egyptian envoy on Tuesday that aiding Gazans was a “priority” for Majlis.

“Today, the main priority is breaking the Gaza blockade and sending humanitarian aid for the people there,” Fars News Agency quoted Boroujerdi as saying.

Boroujerdi made the remarks during a meeting with head of the Egyptian Interest Section in Tehran Aleddin Hassan-Youssef, two weeks after a deadly Israeli attack on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla

Urging international action against Israeli crimes in Gaza, Boroujerdi said “the track record of this fake regime is filled with examples of such crimes against humanity.”

Israeli navy commandoes stormed the Turkish flagship of the Gaza-bound Freedom Flotilla, a convoy of nine ships seeking to pierce the three-year Israeli imposed blockade of the densely-populated sliver.

According to Palestinian sources, twenty activists were killed onboard the ship and dozens more were wounded. The assault has triggered an international outrage and massive protests.

The Egyptian representative also condemned the Israeli attack, adding that “Israel must be pressured into abandoning its inhumane actions.”

Welcoming a Majlis proposal for exchanging parliamentary delegations, Hassan-Youssef added that parliaments played a great role in strengthening bilateral ties and stressed the importance of such an exchange.

Tehran and Cairo have had no diplomatic relations in over three decades.