UNITED NATIONS (Dispatches) -- A top expert at Iran’s permanent mission to the United Nations on Monday dismissed reports that the Islamic Republic was involved in the Palestinian resistance movement’s unprecedented operation against the occupying regime of Israel.
“The decisions made by the Palestinian resistance are fiercely autonomous and unwaveringly aligned with the legitimate interests of the Palestinian people,” Ali Karimi Magham wrote on X.
The allegations in U.S. media against Iran, citing “anonymous sources”, are baseless, he added.
Karimi Magham, however, did not mince his words over Iran’s support for the resistance.
“We emphatically stand in unflinching support of Palestine; however, we are not involved in Palestine’s response, as it is taken solely by Palestine itself. The resolute measures taken by Palestine constitute a wholly legitimate defense against seven decades of oppressive occupation and heinous crimes committed by the illegitimate Zionist regime,” he said.
Terming the operation as the ‘biggest failure’ of the Zionist regime’s security organizations, he said Israel seeks to change the narrative by getting Iran involved in order to obfuscate the reality on the ground that they were defeated by the Palestinian resistance fighters.
On Sunday, President Ebrahim Raisi warned Israel that the regional equation has changed and warmongering would be detrimental to the Zionists.
“The Zionist regime and its supporters are definitely responsible for jeopardizing regional security and must be held accountable,” he said in a message.
President Raisi urged the Muslim community to stand by the Palestinian people in their struggle against Israel.
The president also hailed the operation by the resilient Palestinians, which, he said, stoked fear and astonishment throughout the “world of cruelty.”
“Iran invites the whole world to observe the fact that the accumulation of oppression and injustice towards the oppressed Palestinian nation, the continuation of insult to women and prisoners, and the desecration of Al-Quds and the first ‘Qibla’ of Muslims, will not last forever and are certain to face the resistance of nations.”
Raisi reiterated Iran’s support for the legitimate defense of the Palestinian people.