TEHRAN - President Ebrahim Raisi has said that Iran’s support for Gaza is based on the "principles of the country’s constitution."

Speaking at a conference on the national constitution on Sunday, the president reiterated that support for the oppressed is one of the basics of the constitution, so from the victory of the Islamic Revolution, support for Palestine was the “first issue” of the Islamic Revolution. 

The support for the oppressed, said the president, is one of “our principles, so we cannot give up on them.”

He also noted that some states’ stances regarding the Israeli-Palestine conflict would not halt Iran’s principle to support the oppressed, noting that the truth in the Gaza Strip has become clear to the entire world these days.

Raisi further said that the Zionist regime’s racial discrimination, killings, injustice, cruelty, and oppression against the Palestinian people are clear to everyone.

He went on to say that the “pure blood” of Palestinian children revealed the situation to everyone and caused huge pro-Palestinian gatherings around the world.

Referring to the massacre of 6,000 Palestinian children by the Zionist regime, Raisi said, “We do not doubt that divine revenge will terminate the cruel and fake Zionist government.”

Elsewhere, he noted, “The constitution has taught us about the basis of laws, regulations, communication between different sections, and the structure of the Islamic system.” 
 
Regarding the doctrine of velayat-e-faqih, he called Imam Khomeini’s theory about the Islamic government is “more inclusive and comprehensive” compared with other jurists’ theories.

Referring to an African figure, the president emphasized that the constitution of the Islamic Republic, containing both democracy and causes, is the “most progressive law” among all countries. 

Against the backdrop of the importance of people’s votes, Raisi stated that it is one of the points of pride of the Islamic Republic that all the bodies, organizations, and structures are formed based on the people's votes.