Gaza a symbol of Western moral decline, Raisi tells BRICS leaders

November 21, 2023 - 21:56

TEHRAN- Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has said that the Israeli atrocities in the Gaza Strip are indicative of the West's moral decline.

He noted that “what is crueler than the West giving weapons to Israel and opposing the ceasefire?"

President Raisi made the remakes at a BRICS summit on the Israel-Gaza war on Tuesday.

The proposal to hold the summit came after Israel's relentless crimes in Gaza and the ensuing escalation of tensions in West Asia. The meeting hosted by South Africa as the rotating president of BRICS.

During the summit, he made certain proposals to end the crimes of the Zionists, saying that America has made all international organizations “futile.” 

Regarding Gaza to be a symbol of the West’s moral decline, he added, “Worst of all is the unwavering support of America and the West for the Israeli regime perpetuating genocide and infanticide in Gaza.” 

“So far, about 5,500 innocent children have been killed and 41,000 residential structures have been damaged,” Raisi noted. 

Given the scandalous act of the West over the fictitiousness of their slogans, the Iranian president averred that “the U.S., UK, Germany and France have dispatched all kinds of weaponry and bombs to the Zionist regime day in day out, opposing the ceasefire as well. It is the U.S. to blame for impeding all aid routes to Gaza which could maim the UN Security Council.

Proposals to BRICS leaders

Ayatollah Raisi said, “Today, BRICS member countries have a historical responsibility to prove that human values cannot be sacrificed for political interests.”

The president continued to make suggestions about stopping the crimes of the Zionist regime and helping the people of Gaza by considering the inability of the United Nations Security Council to carry out its mission to create peace and security, and obstructing the issuance of a binding resolution for a ceasefire.

“It is necessary for the member states, within the framework and mechanism of the Alliance for Peace, to establish a binding resolution in the United Nations General Assembly against the Zionist regime and with the aim of stopping the crime against the people of Gaza,” he said. 

In his second proposal, he emphasized, “The ongoing attacks of the Zionist regime on hospitals, medical centers, and religious places, and the killing of women and children, doctors, nurses, and journalists are all acts of terrorism, which are necessary to recognize this phony regime as a terrorist regime and its army as a terrorist organization.”

Regarding his third proposal, Raisi said, “Iran supports the action of some countries to bring the case of the Israeli crimes in Gaza to the International Criminal Court and believes that in addition to Israel, the United States should also be identified in the International Court for crimes against humanity.”

In another proposal, the president said, “The collective action of BRICS members is necessary to break the blockade of Gaza and create a permanent and safe route for sending humanitarian aid to Gaza.”

In his fifth proposal, Ayatollah Raisi stressed, “Considering the unprecedented crimes and the use of several thousand tons of weapons as well as prohibited weapons such as white phosphorus, it is necessary for BRICS members to quickly investigate such crimes and report it in a special international mission.”

In the sixth proposal, he emphasized, “Regarding the continuous crimes and the racist nature of the fake Israeli regime, the free nations expect all governments, especially the BRICS members, to put the complete severance of their political, economic and military relations with the Zionist regime on the agenda as soon as possible.”

“The continuation of interactions with this regime in the military and economic fields means helping continue the crimes and killing of women and children, which is the subject of condemnation and blame of all nations,” he added. 

Raisi concluded by stating his seventh proposal, “Recognizing the right of the Palestinian people to defend themselves and their effort to liberate the occupied territories is supported by the government and free nations. The support of BRICS of this right shows that we fulfilled our moral and human duty.”

Following the escalation of tensions in West Asia, the BRICS group held an extraordinary meeting focusing on the Gaza war. 

BRICS leaders and BRICS+ members expressed their positions on the sufferings of people in Gaza. BRICS includes Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. 

Iran’s membership of BRICS was accepted on August 24. Iran will officially join the club of emerging economic powers on January 1, 2024. In addition, on the same date Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE were invited to join the club.

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