TEHRAN – Iran’s President has once again demanded world leaders turn Israel into a pariah by severing all economic and political ties with the regime in the face of its relentless attacks on the Gaza Strip.

The letter was addressed to the leaders of 50 countries, including Russia, China, Turkey, Kazakhstan, South Africa, Kenya, and Jordan.

In the letter, Ebrahim Raisi pointed out that the regime would not voluntarily cease its crimes, rather it needs to be forced to stop its genocidal attacks on Gaza. He said countries around the world should use all means at their disposal to put an end to Israeli atrocities. 

The president also highlighted the West’s double standards in regards to Palestinians, saying Western states are essentially complicit in Israeli crimes as they have largely avoided addressing its harrowing crimes in the besieged Gaza Strip. 

“It is expected that freedom-seeking and independent countries, especially Muslim nations, take a unified stance on the diplomatic stage and pile pressure on Israel, in order to help put an end to the regime’s massacre and besiegement of Palestinians,” the president noted.

Raisi’s letter comes after he proposed 10 immediate solutions at the Arab-Islamic Summit earlier this month. The proposals aimed to help resolve the Gaza crisis in the shortest time possible. 

During the summit, the president, after calling on participants to cut off political and trade ties with Israel and boycott its goods, urged Islamic leaders to declare the Israeli military a “terrorist organization” and introduce Tel Aviv and Washington to a “fair court” for “prosecution for crimes.”

Iran’s president also proposed the establishment of a fund for the reconstruction of the besieged coastal territory and sending humanitarian convoys to the Palestinian people there.

Despite repeated calls by Iranian officials, Arab states have mostly refrained from drawing Israel’s ire. Despite huge public support for Palestine across the West Asian regions, leaders of the Arab nations have mostly sufficed to releasing statements. Some like the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain have criticized Israel only in a mild way. 

Some regional leaders like Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan have publicly denounced the regime while continuing the delivery of shipments to Israel.  

More than 13,000 people have been killed in Gaza since October 7. The regime mainly targets women and children who have been sheltering in hospitals, schools, mosques, churches, and refugee camps after being forced to leave their homes.