TEHRAN – Iran’s Foreign
Ministry has decried the apartheid Zionist regime’s naked acts of terrorism as the root cause of unrest across the occupied Palestinian territories.
In a statement released Friday night, ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh reacted to the recent developments in occupied Palestine.
He said racism, repression, carnage, incarceration, massive deprivation and daily humiliation of the oppressed Palestinian people and also the naked terror by the apartheid Zionist regime are the root causes of all tensions in the occupied territories.
Khatibzadeh said the defenseless people of Palestine have a legitimate, clear and natural right to fight against the occupiers in response to the repeated desecrations of the sacred sites of Al-Quds by the Zionists and the usurper regime of Israel’s crimes and aggression against people who face harsh hardships and deprivation in the holy city and other Palestinian territories.
The spokesman also reaffirmed Iran’s support for the Palestinian cause and the Palestinian people’s fight for freedom.
Khatibzadeh urged all nations, governments and international bodies to move toward providing the Palestinian people with security in line with the principle of legitimate defense against occupation and terrorist activities by the apartheid Zionist regime and to prevent the aggression and brutal crimes of Zionists in Palestine.
The Iranian spokesman noted that the only solution to the Palestine crisis is to hold a referendum with the participation of the real residents of Palestine.
Given the defiant, law-evading and pledge-breaking nature of the