Zarif Urges Int’l Probe into ’Israeli’ Crimes in Gaza
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Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif slammed the Zionist entity as the "main threat" to the world's security, calling for an international probe into the regime's atrocities against the Palestinians.
Zarif's remarks came as he addressed the ministerial meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement [NAM] in the Azeri capital city of Baku on Thursday.
NAM's mid-term ministerial conference opened on Thursday under the theme of "promoting international peace and security for sustainable development," with 800 representatives from 120 member states as well as 10 international bodies and 17 countries as observers in attendance.
As Zarif denounced the mass murdering of Palestinian protesters in the Gaza Strip by "Israeli" military forces, he called for international investigation into the Zionist regime's criminal actions.
"We condemn the killings of civilians, including women and children in Palestine. We want an international tribunal to be established to fully restore the rights of the Palestinians and free Palestine from occupation," Zarif was quoted as saying by the Azerbaijan Press Agency [APA].
On Friday, Gazans marched to the fence with the occupied lands at the start of a six-week protest, dubbed "The Great Return March," demanding the right to return for Palestinians driven out of their homeland.
The first day of the demonstrations turned violent after "Israeli" forces attacked protesters with tear gas and live fire, martyring 18 and injuring almost 1,500 Gazans.
Zarif further called for efforts to restore the Palestinian rights, particularly with regard to the establishment of an independent Palestinian state with the occupied holy city of al-Quds as its capital and end of the "Israeli" blockade on Gaza Strip.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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