Pezeshkian emphasizes that Iran considers “a duty” to support “resistance groups”

Denounces “the genocide and the continued crimes of the Zionist regime during the last twelve months”

The president of Iran, Masud Pezeshkian, stressed this Thursday that support for “resistance groups” in the Middle East is “a duty” in order to achieve “the liberation of Palestine”, while once again defending the need to end “more than seven decades of occupation” of the Palestinian territories.

“We consider it our duty to support the resistance groups until the liberation of beloved Palestine,” said Pezehskian from Qatar, where he is on an official visit, before emphasizing that these formations “are a firm tree” despite Israel’s attacks. , which he has called “criminals,” according to a statement published by his office.

The president has denounced “the genocide and the continued crimes of the Zionist regime during the last twelve months” and has stated that the offensive against the Gaza Strip “is only part of the black pages of contemporary history.” “Palestine and Lebanon are exposed to the violence of a regime that does not respect the principles of Human Rights or international standards,” he criticized.

Thus, he has once again warned that Iran will give “a decisive response” to any “military aggression” by Israel after the missile attack launched on Tuesday by Tehran, although he has reiterated that the Iranian authorities “do not seek to increase tensions.” “. “It is the Zionist regime that pursues its sinister objectives involving other countries,” he argued.

“We have always warned of the sinister intentions of this regime to spread war to the entire region,” said Pezehskian, who argued that the aforementioned attack against Israel “was a response to the violation of Iran’s sovereignty” in the assassination. in July in Tehran of the leader of the political arm of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), Ismail Haniye.

Hostilities in the region erupted after Hamas and other Palestinian factions launched a series of attacks against Israel on October 7 that left nearly 1,200 dead and more than 250 hostages. The Israeli Army then began a bloody military campaign against Gaza that has so far left nearly 41,800 dead, in addition to more than 700 Palestinian deaths in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

The attacks of October 7, called ‘Al Aqsa Flood’ by Hamas and its allies, also led to the opening of the front on the border between Israel and Lebanon, with constant fighting for more than eleven months that led on Tuesday to the beginning of a new invasion of Lebanese territory. In addition, the Houthis and pro-Iran militias in Iraq have launched missiles and drones against Israel – which has carried out bombings against the territory of Lebanon, Syria and Yemen -.