According to the statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran, recalling the legal and moral responsibility of the international community to confront the ongoing genocide in Gaza under the 1948 United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, as well as the legal and moral duty of all governments to support the legitimate and lawful struggle of the Palestinian people to realize their right to self-determination and liberation from the yoke of occupation, apartheid, and colonialism of the Zionist regime, has always supported any initiative that entails halting ethnic cleansing and war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza, and that paves the way for the fulfillment of the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination.
The Islamic Republic of Iran, while mindful of the dangerous dimensions and aspects of this plan, and while once again warning against the repetition of the Zionist regime’s breaches of promises and acts of sabotage—particularly in light of its expansionist and racist schemes—considers any decision in this regard to rest with the Palestinian people and the resistance, it added.
Iran welcomes any decision the Palestinians take that includes an end to the genocide of Palestinians, the withdrawal of the occupying Zionist army from Gaza, respect for the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination, the entry of humanitarian aid, and the reconstruction of Gaza, the statement said.
The cessation of crimes and genocide in Gaza will not remove the responsibility of governments and competent international institutions to pursue legal and judicial accountability for the crimes of the Zionist regime, and to identify and prosecute those who ordered and carried out war crimes, genocide, and crimes against humanity in the Gaza Strip, with the aim of putting an end to the decades-long impunity enjoyed by this regime, it added.
The Islamic Republic of Iran, while expressing hope that the conditions for the immediate dispatch of humanitarian aid to the oppressed people of Gaza will be provided, announces its readiness to participate in this endeavor, the statement concluded.