to report «iusnews»; Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian said that the Permanent Mission of Iran to the United Nations made all-out endeavours to torpedo the United States’ proposed resolution on the Gaza crisis at the UN Security Council.
Upon his arrival in New York on Thursday, the top diplomat told reporters Iran’s mission to the UN played a very active role in preventing a lopsided US draft resolution on the Gaza conflict, citing its failure to address stability, security and peace in the region.
“The key point is that our mission in New York worked actively [to prevent the adoption of the resolution] as with regard to the text of the US proposed resolution, our specific objectives securing stability, security and peace were overlooked in it,” he explained.
On Wednesday, Russia and China vetoed the US-authored draft resolution on the Middle East at the UN Security Council.
"What matters to us is the immediate cessation of war crimes and genocide against the civilians in Gaza and the West Bank, the immediate and extensive dispatch of humanitarian aid, and stopping the forced displacement of Gaza residents, which can be included in the text of any resolution," Amir Abdollahian stated.
He also called for humanitarian aid to be sent in promptly and on a large scale to the besieged enclave.
Elsewhere in his remarks, the minister described Hamas as a Palestinian liberation movement that has acted against the Israeli regime's vicious occupation.
As per international law, this right is granted to any liberation movement whose country or parts of its territory have been occupied, he added.
"Therefore, whatever concerning the action of the resistance groups and Palestinian liberation groups in confronting the occupation is completely rooted in international law and the United Nations Charter," he continued.
On October 7, Hamas initiated a multi-pronged surprise military operation via land, sea and air. The group announced it was in response to the storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem and Israeli settlers’ growing violence against Palestinians. The attacks have so far killed more than 1,400 and injured over 5,000, according to Israeli officials. Hamas also announced it is holding between at least 200 and 250 hostages.
Following the multi-front attack by Hamas, Israel carried out heavy bombardment across the Gaza Strip, killing almost 6,500 Palestinians, including more than 2,700 children and over 1,500 women, and wounding over 16,000 others. Tel Aviv has also ordered a "complete siege" of Gaza, saying it would halt its supply of electricity, food, water and fuel.
Israel’s military has also ordered 1.1 million people living in Northern Gaza to evacuate their homes, amid signs it is set to ramp up its offensive.
The Gaza Health Ministry has also confirmed that the healthcare system in the besieged territory has “totally collapsed due to the Israeli war”. The bombing, as well as enforced displacement orders by the army, has pushed 1.5 million people out of their homes.
Gaza is one of the most densely populated places on Earth, where some 2 million people live in an area of 140 square miles. It has been almost completely cut off from the rest of the world for nearly 17 years. More than half of its population lives in poverty and is food insecure, with nearly 80% of its population relying on humanitarian assistance.
Human rights groups have stressed that depriving an occupied population of basic necessities is a war crime. Palestinian health officials have warned Gaza is rapidly running out of water and electricity, and the population faces severe shortages of food and medicine. They say several hospitals in the besieged territory are under constant bombardment and facing imminent shutdown due to a lack of fuel.
Five UN agencies have also warned that the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip is "catastrophic", calling for more international help as conditions deteriorate in the densely populated besieged enclave.
"Gaza was a desperate humanitarian situation before the most recent hostilities," the UN agencies said in a joint statement on Saturday, adding, "It is now catastrophic. The world must do more."
"More than 1.6 million people in Gaza are in critical need of humanitarian aid," added the statement, which was signed by the World Health Organization (WHO), the UN children's agency (UNICEF), the World Food Program (WFP), the UN development agency (UNDP), and the world body's population fund, UNFPA.
Tehran says the history of the apartheid regime is full of assassinations, massacre, torture and killing of Palestinian kids, and described Tel Aviv regime's atrocities and massacre of Palestinian women and children as indicative of the destitute of Zionists. Iranian officials say the Tel Aviv regime has been struggling for more than 70 years to exit its identity crisis which has been mixed with genocide, plunder, forced displacement and scores of other inhumane moves.
