TEHRAN (Iran News)  Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi has discussed the worsening humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip, during separate phone calls with his counterparts from Egypt, Iraq, Qatar, and Tunisia.

The top Iranian diplomat held the conversations on Friday as Israel continues to starve the population in Gaza by restricting food and water to the territory, causing growing international outrage.

Araqchi and Egypt’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Badr Abdelatty, underscored the imperative of bolstering bilateral cooperation across regional and international spheres. They emphasized the importance of sustained diplomatic dialogue and multilateral engagement to address the ongoing crises. Both officials voiced deep concern over the acute shortages of water, food, and medicine in Gaza, urging the mobilization of international resources to halt Israel’s genocidal actions in the besieged territory.

Similarly, Iranian and Iraqi foreign ministers called upon Islamic and Arab nations to intensify efforts to lift the blockade on Gaza. Araqchi and Fuad Hussein strongly condemned the atrocities committed by the Israeli regime, and demanded accountability.

Iran’s foreign minister and his Qatari counterpart, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, urged the international community, along with Islamic and Arab countries, to undertake concrete measures to support Gaza’s vulnerable population. They called for an end to restrictions on the delivery of vital supplies, including food and medicine, and urged an immediate halt to the ongoing genocide.

Tunisian Foreign Minister Mohamed Ali Al-Nafti and Iran’s Araqchi called for consultation and cooperation among Islamic and Arab countries to expedite humanitarian aid delivery to Gaza. Both officials emphasized the urgent need to prevent the massacre of innocent Palestinians through starvation and deprivation.

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TEHRAN (Iran News) The Islamic Jihad Movement has said that the Israel’s aggressions are against all Arab and Islamic nations, especially Palestine, Lebanon, and Syria, and that the rest of the Arab regions will not be safe from these aggressions and their consequences.

The Palestinian movement deemed such aggressions against Syria to be an expression of the regime’s expansionist plans.

According to the Palestinian news agency Sama, the Islamic Jihad Movement in a statement condemned the continuous aggressions of the Israeli regime on Syrian territory.

It said that these aggressions are clear evidence of the aggressive and expansionist plans of the occupying regime against the Arab and Islamic nations within the framework of dividing the region.

“The aggressions of this criminal regime against Syria are a direct aggression, not only against the Syrian nation but also against all Arab and Islamic nations, especially in Palestine, Lebanon and Syria, and the rest of the Arab regions will not be safe from these aggressions and their consequences,” the statement said.

The Islamic Jihad Movement also called for the unity of all groups, including resistance groups, to confront these aggressions, thwart their goals, and defend the Arab and Islamic nation and its dignity.

It said that these aggressions are clear evidence of the aggressive and expansionist plans of the occupying regime against the Arab and Islamic nations within the framework of dividing the region.

“The aggressions of this criminal regime against Syria are a direct aggression, not only against the Syrian nation but also against all Arab and Islamic nations, especially in Palestine, Lebanon and Syria, and the rest of the Arab regions will not be safe from these aggressions and their consequences,” the statement said.

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TEHRAN (Iran News) Iran’s First Vice President Mohammadreza Aref represented the country in the OIC meeting that ended on Monday night with a joint communique emphasizing the centrality of the Palestinian issue and warning against the violation of Iran’s sovereignty.” Islamic nations”

During his address, Aref pointed out a number of challenges, including the indifference of the international community that has made the Zionist regime more emboldened to kill Palestinians.” Islamic nations”

He also called for the collective action of Islamic and Arab countries to achieve three main goals, including “stopping the crimes of the occupying regime”, “taking the necessary measures to ensure that these crimes are not repeated ” and “adequate compensation for the damage caused to the people of Palestine and Lebanon by the occupying regime”.

Iran’s Deputy Minister for Legal and International Affairs gives the following assessment of the joint meeting of the OIC and the Arab League in Riyadh.

Following the escalation of aggression and crimes of the Zionist regime against the Palestinian and Lebanese people in recent months and the deterioration of the situation in Palestine, especially in Gaza as well as in Lebanon, a request to hold an emergency OIC meeting at the leadership level was called with the aim of urgently addressing the situation, condemning the aggressions and crimes and adopting decisive and practical measures, Gharibabadi said in his report.

He said that the initiative was first proposed through a letter from the Iranian Foreign Minister to the Secretary General of the OIC and was followed up in their face-to-face meeting in New York on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.

Gharibabadi added: During his recent regional trips and meeting with officials and his counterparts, Abbas Araghchi raised the issue of holding an emergency meeting of heads of Islamic countries. Finally, Saudi Arabia last week by sending an invitation to the heads of Islamic and Arab countries, convened an emergency joint meeting of Islamic and Arab countries in Riyadh.

In the same framework and in order to review and prepare a draft resolution, foreign ministers of Islamic and Arab countries met on Sunday (November 20) and discussed the current situation in Palestine and Lebanon in the face of the Zionist aggressions.

The deputy of legal and international affairs of Iran’s Foreign Ministry participated in this meeting at the head of a delegation and explained his country’s stance and the ways out of the current crisis in Gaza and Lebanon. In this meeting, Gharibabadi noted that, he emphasized need for more effective practical measures to stop the crimes of the Zionist regime.

The Iranian diplomat said that the participants exchanged views on numerous issues such as the immediate establishment of a ceasefire in Palestine and Lebanon, the reopening of humanitarian crossings in Gaza, release of all Palestinian prisoners and the dignified return of the refugees to their homeland and aid to begin reconstruction in Gaza.

Also, considering the hostile actions of the Zionist regime against the legitimacy of the United Nations, such as tearing up the charter, calling the UN chief an undesirable element, banning UNRWA in the occupied territories, killing hundreds of UN employees, and the complete disregard of the regime, the meeting came to the point that the time has come to expel the Zionist regime from the United Nations.

Gharibabadi said that while preparing the final document of the emergency meeting of the heads of state, Iran submitted a written proposal to the OIC Secretariat and a significant part it was included in the draft which are as followed:

– Requesting the international community to implement all the content of the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice issued on July 19 regarding ending the occupation, and paying compensation for the damage caused by the occupation as soon as possible.

– Request to compel the Israeli regime to respect international law and make the regime accountable

– Strong condemnation of the Israeli regime for invading Gaza and Lebanon, Syria and targeting civilians

– Withdrawal of regime forces from the occupied territories and respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Palestine and Lebanon

– Request for an immediate ceasefire in Lebanon and Gaza

– Request for unhindered access of humanitarian aid to people in all war-affected areas

– Requesting all governments to put arms embargo on the Israeli regime

– Expulsion or suspension of Israel’s membership in the UN General Assembly

– Condemning the action of the Israeli regime in banning UNRWA activities

-Condemning the extreme and racist l actions and statements of Israeli ministers and asking the international community to hold them accountable based on international law.

– Requesting the release of Palestinian prisoners and detainees

– Requesting the UN members to impose sanctions on the Israeli regime in order to force it to comply with international law and relevant resolutions.

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Hosted by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the conference was held on October 19.

Israel’s military escalation in the occupied Palestinian territory resulted in a large number of civilian casualties as well as the destruction of the environment and necessities of life by targeting hospitals, educational, cultural, and scientific institutions, and infrastructure, and imposing a complete siege of the Strip, the statement reads.

“Within the context of the outcomes of the emergency meeting of foreign ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, held in Jeddah, on 18 October 2023, upon an initiative of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and under its presidency, to discuss the latest developments in Gaza Strip, we express our strong condemnation of the tragic events that the brotherly Palestinian people are exposed to, especially what is currently happening in and around the Gaza Strip; condemn the military escalation that causes casualties among civilians, the destruction of the environment and the basic necessities of life; the targeting of hospitals, educational, cultural and scientific institutions and infrastructure in the Gaza Strip and the imposition of a total siege on it, and also denounce the calls for the forced displacement of the Palestinian people from Gaza, which is inconsistent with international humanitarian law,” stressed the Declaration.

“The need to protect civilians, provide for their necessary humanitarian needs, including the right to education and health care, and allow the delivery of the basic necessary medical and relief aid to the residents of Gaza, and call on the international community to assume its responsibilities and act swiftly to avoid further casualties among civilians, especially among the sick, the injured, children, women and the elderly, and the occurrence of a humanitarian, environmental and health catastrophe in the Gaza Strip, and put an end to the massive destruction targeting the environment, human beings and various living organisms.”

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