TEHRAN -- Iran said on Monday resistance groups in the region have repeatedly warned the U.S. and Israel that they will not sit idly by if the occupying regime continues its attacks against the Palestinian people in the besieged Gaza Strip.
Speaking at a weekly press conference, Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said the growing opposition to Israeli crimes in Gaza and the U.S. support for the regime’s atrocities show that nations are dissatisfied with the war and want it to stop.
“The actions of the Zionist regime spark a reaction by the resistance groups in the region. They had repeatedly warned the U.S. and the Zionists that if these attacks continue, they will not remain silent,” he said.
“The U.S. and the Zionist regime must understand that they can escape the situation only by stopping the war completely and immediately, allowing the dispatch of humanitarian aid, and ending the forced displacement of the people of Gaza.”
Kanaani also urged the U.S. government to pay attention to global security and peace and stop its support for Israeli crimes in Gaza instead of asking others to do or end doing something.
Over the past years, he noted, members of U.S. Congress have demonstrated that they are sacrificing the interests of the American people for those of the Zionist regime.
Kanaani hit out at the “questionable immunity” granted by the U.S. to Israel, saying it enables the regime to prevent the entry of humanitarian assistance to Gaza.
“The Zionist regime has not fulfilled its responsibilities and is preventing the sending of aid. The amount of aid that has entered Gaza is like a drop in the ocean. Only 25 to 40 trucks are allowed to pass borders daily, a number which is very little.”
Iran sent relief aid after coordination with Egypt, but it did not reach Gaza as a result of Israel’s non-cooperation with Cairo and international organizations, the spokesman said, adding, however, that Tehran and the Egyptian Red Crescent Society exchange messages on a daily basis.
Kanaani rejected the accusations as a “projection” of blame by the occupying regime of Israel to escape from the dire situation it is facing in Gaza.
“We have repeatedly announced that the resistance groups represent their nations and make decisions and act independently based on the interests of their nations,” he said.
“This regime cannot accept that it suffered a multi-dimensional defeat from a Palestinian resistance group in Gaza and it seeks to make accusations against others, including the Islamic Republic of Iran. However, it should know that such allegations are invalid and of no use to the regime.”