Iran Urges UN Security Council to Condemn ‘israeli’ Regime’s Atrocities in Occupied Palestine
Iran's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Amir Saeed Iravani strongly condemned the sacrilege of the al-Aqsa Mosque in the Old City of al-Quds by Israel's new far-right security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, and called on the UN Security Council to condemn the Tel Aviv regime’s ongoing violations and crimes in the occupied territories.
“We urge the Security Council to condemn the ongoing violations and crimes of the Zionist regime in the occupied Palestinian territories, and to force the lawless regime to strictly adhere to international regulations, including relevant United Nations resolutions,” Iravani said addressing a UN Security Council meeting to discuss recent developments in al-Quds.
He categorically dismissed Israeli envoy Gilad Erdan’s anti-Iranian allegations, emphasizing that such unfounded claims are meant to divert the world public opinion away from the continuing crimes and serious violations of international principles that the regime is perpetrating against the Palestinian nation.
“It is regrettable that the Zionist regime’s blatant violations of human rights and international humanitarian principles in the occupied Palestinian territories, including systematic and brazen provocations as well as desecration of holy places, are met with the international community’s apathy,” Iravani stated.
The senior Iranian diplomat pointed to the sensitivity of Muslims worldwide to any desecration of their holy places, saying, “If the international community, especially the Security Council, remains silent in the face of the Zionist regime’s ongoing violence, the regime will pluck up the courage to press ahead with its crimes and acts of aggression.”
In a relevant development on Thursday, Palestinian UN envoy Riyad Mansour pushed for the Security Council to take action against Israel over Ben-Gvir’s provocative actions.
“What red line does Israel need to cross for the Security Council to finally say, enough is enough?” Mansour asked the 15-member council, denouncing Israel for showing “absolute contempt”.
Hardline Israeli officials and settlers regularly storm the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the occupied city, a provocative move that infuriates Palestinians. Such mass settler break-ins almost always take place at the behest of Tel Aviv-backed temple groups and under the auspices of the Israeli police in al-Quds.
The al-Aqsa Mosque compound, which sits just above the Western Wall plaza, houses both the Dome of the Rock and the al-Aqsa Mosque.
The Jewish visitation of al-Aqsa is permitted, but as part of a decades-old agreement between Jordan – the custodian of Islamic and Christian sites in al-Quds – and Israel in the wake of Israel’s occupation of East al-Quds in 1967, non-Muslim worship at the compound is prohibited.
