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In the name of God

5th April 2024

 

Press Release on the Occasion of the International Quds Day

The Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Colombo

 

More than seventy-six years have passed since the occupation of Palestinian lands, and during these years, the oppressed and innocent people of Palestine have been the target of the attacks of the Zionist regime. With deep regret, the international community witnesses the bitter reality that in all these years, not only has there been no resolution to the issue of occupation and aggressions, but the war machine of the Zionist regime, since October 2023, has devised a new method of uncontrolled and senseless massacre and genocide of the defenseless people of Palestine in the Gaza Strip. Under this horrendous method, the residents of Gaza have no further options: being torn apart by bombs and heinous missiles in their homes, schools, and hospitals, or being succumbed to death from hunger, thirst, lack of medicine, and homelessness. The ramification of these horrible policies is 32 thousand deaths and 18 thousand missing people.

The savage behavior of the Zionist regime in its seventy-six years of occupation narrates the reality that this regime not only shows no remorse for committing war crimes but continues to violate fundamental human rights by carrying out mass punishments. It persists in violating the established fundamental standards of human rights, as seen in actions such as the siege of Gaza, the construction of the barrier, the forcible expulsion and displacement of Palestinians from their ancestral lands, and the establishment of Zionists in these areas, all aiming at the annexation of the entire land of Palestine.

The recent proposal by the Zionist regime regarding the conditions for accepting a ceasefire indicates the insatiable thirst of this regime's cabinet for continuing war, bloodshed, and even continuing its inhumane policies in the post-war era in Gaza. Along this path, there is no regard shown by this regime towards international regulations and UN Security Council resolutions.

The Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Colombo, recalling the global and international responsibility of all free nations of the world in the efforts to halt the Zionist genocidal machine, and considering the report of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights based in the occupied territories regarding the depth of the crimes of the Zionist regime in Gaza and the West Bank, emphasizes that the ugliness of perpetration of genocide in the world must not go unnoticed.

Immediate establishment of a ceasefire and unconditional access for life-saving aid to the homeless people of Gaza, are the minimum expectations from the international community.

 

The Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Colombo, while considering the actions of the Zionist regime in occupied Palestine as an obvious violation of international laws and a gross, continuous, and systematic disregard for humanitarian law and the fundamental principles of human rights, emphasizes the following:

  • The actions of the Zionist regime in dividing the northern Gaza Strip from the south, enforcing starvation to coerce the forced displacement of residents from the north of Gaza, orchestrating attacks on Rafah, hindering the return of people to their homes in Gaza, and obstructing the access of UN relief agencies to all residents of this area are strongly condemned. The prevention of this tragedy is deemed an urgent duty of the global community and international organizations, notably the United Nations.
  • The Islamic Republic of Iran, while warning against the evident genocide of a nation, emphasizes the necessity of taking effective measures to deter the occupying regime of Israel from any further aggressive actions against the defenseless Palestinian people during the holy month of Ramadan.
  • The Islamic Republic of Iran, in line with resolving the Palestinian crisis, has presented a democratic and fair plan titled the “National Referendum in Palestine”, which has also been registered at the United Nations Secretariat.
  • The Islamic Republic of Iran believes that the most effective solution to this conflict is the return of Palestinian refugees to their original and ancestral land, along with the holding of a referendum among the indigenous inhabitants of this land to determine their own destiny as well as desired political system. This initiative would empower Muslims, Jews, and Christian Palestinians alike to determine the type of governing system and benefit from its rights freely and equally.
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25 October 2023

Joint Communique
of the Second Meeting
of the “3+3” Regional Platform

 

Upon the invitation of H.E. Mr. Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran and in presence of H.E. Mr. Ararat Mirzoyan, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia, H.E. Mr. Jeyhun Bayramov, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan, H.E. Mr. Sergey Lavrov, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation and H.E. Mr. Hakan Fidan, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Türkiye, the Second Meeting of the “3+3” Regional Platform was held on 23 October 2023 in Tehran.

The Ministers:

  • Taking into account the importance of developing friendly relations between countries based on mutual interests and good neighborliness, emphasized in this regard the importance of peaceful settlement of disputes, respect for sovereignty, political independence, territorial integrity, inviolability of internationally recognized borders, non-interference in internal affairs, prohibition on the threat or use of force and respect for human rights based on all the principles of the United Nations Charter.
  • While expressing their views on various international issues, discussed the most significant issues in the region and emphasized the importance of platforms like the Consultative Regional Platform “3+3” in providing opportunities for constructive dialogue and establishing mutually beneficial cooperation between the countries of the region that have the primary role in this regard.
  • Highlighted the positive impact of the economic cooperation on strengthening mutual trust, the well-being of nations and the stability of the region.
  • Emphasizing the importance of cultural cooperation, people-to-people contacts and joint projects in the field of education, science, tourism, culture and sports.
  • In order to enhance lasting peace and economic development of the region, they will strengthen bilateral and multilateral consultation and interaction.
  • Welcoming the ongoing processes of normalization and development of relations between all the countries of the region.
  • While positively evaluating the results of this meeting, they reaffirmed the openness of this Platform for equal participation of Georgia.
  • The Ministers also exchanged views on the situation in Gaza. They emphasized the need for immediate termination of targeting innocent civilians.
  • The Foreign Ministers of the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Republic of Türkiye and the Russian Federation thanked the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran for the good reception and successful holding of this meeting.

With an assessment of the regular meetings of the “3+3” Regional Platform in expanding and strengthening the environment of trust and cooperation in the region, they agreed that the next meeting will be held in the Republic of Türkiye on a date that will be coordinated through diplomatic channels.

 

Tehran – 23 October 2023

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The Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Colombo, likes to present some salient facts regarding the recent brutal terrorist attacks in Tehran: 
 
The Tehran terrorist attacks reemphasized that hazards caused by Takfiri terrorism are not restricted to one or some countries and that, this phenomenon, if not contained, could spring out of control and spread insecurity and consume the whole world. The different incidents in the world such as Philippines, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Manchester, London and Paris clearly underscore this undeniable fact.
 
Today, restricting Takfiri terrorism is not possible with mono lateral or bilateral efforts, even though this kind of efforts are useful, confronting with this destructive challenge needs collective and multilateral cooperation. At present, terrorism has multiple purposes and combating this challenge requires multi-layered cooperation and collaboration.
 
The obnoxious ideology of Wahhabism is the original source of Takfiri terrorism; and the country which is the genesis of this doctrine and from under whom Wahhabism has got its succour  and under whose shadow it drew its support and grew, today has become the main financial supporter of ramified groups of this school of thought and the fundamental factor in destabilizing our region in particular and the world in general.
 
This country is not only afraid of issuing such direct threats and accuse Iran, which in fact, has in recent history given the largest number of victims while fighting the scourge of terrorism; and also to accuse Iran of supporting terrorism and to cap it all, take the threats to a level where the Saudi prince Mohammad bin Salman announced that, "our purpose is to bring the battle inside Iranian borders".
 
 
On the other hand this terror attacks showed that if the Islamic Republic of Iran has not resisted in Syria and Iraq, the main theatre of terrorist activities today, and has not cooperated comprehensively in fighting terrorism, it would have had more destructive impacts in the region.
 
Recent terror attacks in Tehran which undoubtedly was committed with the aim of maximum destruction and creating fear psychosis inside Iran; rather on the contrary increased I.R.Iran’s determination to combat the destructive phenomenon in the region.
 
Embassy of Islamic Republic of Iran - Colombo