In a statement on Wednesday, the Iranian Foreign Ministry warned that Smotrich’s call was "Another clear sign of the racist nature, the expansionist nature and aggressive approach of the regime, whose formation and expansion was based on the usurpation of Palestinian land and the killing and forced displacement of Palestinians."
Referring to the colonialist policy of the Zionist regime for the past 76 years in continuous encroachment on the Palestinian land and the expansion of Zionist settlements, the spokesman considered this policy to be a part of the plan to commit genocide and annihilation in Palestine, which is being implemented in the most brutal way, especially over the past one year.
He highlighted the legal and moral responsibility of all governments to prevent and condemn genocide as well as to deal with war crimes and crimes against humanity. He also expressed regret over the obstruction on the part of the United States and Germany to hold the leaders of the Zionist regime accountable and prosecute them at an international tribunal and the International Court of Justice.
He also called for decisive action from the international community and the UN Security Council to stop the genocide in Palestine and the war-creating of the occupying regime in Lebanon and the West Asian region.
Baghaei emphasized that an entity that does not believe in the principles and standards of international law and the United Nations Charter, and its declared and applied policy is to humiliate and weaken the United Nations and its norms and institutions, is not entitled to be a member of this international body.
The atrocities and crimes of the occupiers will not create any disruption in the resolve of the oppressed Palestinian people to fight for their natural and legal right to self-determination and liberation from the military occupation and apartheid.
MNA