TEHRAN - A number of university chancellors have delivered a letter to the UN office in Tehran condemning the crimes of the Zionist regime in Gaza and stressing the need to take urgent actions to end this tragedy.

In this letter, they asked UN Secretary-General António Guterres to use the capacity of the United Nations to immediately stop the attacks on the Gaza Strip and reopen the routes for transferring the wounded, and the needed medicine and international aid and facilities, IRNA reported.

They also called for more efforts to be made to prevent human rights violations and attacks on civilians in Palestine and ensure their basic human rights.

“Unfortunately, this genocide, in our opinion, is going on due to the inability of the Security Council.  Several members of the United Nations Security Council are basically staunch supporters and allies of the Zionist regime.

We believe that the actions of the Secretary-General can help to make peace and justice in the region.”

Negotiations to help Gaza

The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) sent the first shipment of humanitarian aid to Gaza on October 20.

Following the brutal large-scale bombing of Gaza by the Zionist regime, the IRCS announced its readiness to send humanitarian aid to Gaza.

In this regard, many efforts have been made and many negotiations are still going on with the heads of the Federations, the International Committee of the Red Cross, and the Red Crescent Movement.

“Necessary arrangements have been made with the head of the Egyptian Red Crescent to send these aids.

The first shipment of aid includes almost 60 tons of medicine, medical equipment, and basic foodstuffs,” IRIB quoted Pirhossein Kolivand, head of IRCS, as saying.

Currently, many trucks at the Rafah border in Egypt are ready to be sent to Gaza as soon as the crossing opens, Kolivand added.

He also highlighted that three mobile hospitals are ready to be established on the Gaza border to help the casualties. To do so, the international consultations and negotiations are ongoing.

The second relief aid is also being prepared to be sent via sea.

Following the humanitarian crisis caused by the Zionist regime’s attacks on Palestinians in Gaza, the Health Ministry is negotiating with international bodies and organizations to provide assistance to people.

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