TEHRAN- Iran asserts that the individuals responsible for the horrific bombings in the city of Kerman utilize terrorism as a means to further their own goals.

Speaking on Monday at a weekly news briefing in Tehran, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani vehemently denounced the Daesh terrorist group’s two blasts in Kerman on Wednesday, which left 103 people dead and hundreds injured.

“The incident showed that terrorism is a pervasive peril to all governments and nations. Those who use terrorism as a tool to reach their objectives should be held accountable and bear responsibility for supporting terrorist movements,” he added.

Kanaani further said that the Daesh terrorist group served the goals of the Zionist regime, citing confessions concerning the U.S. participation in the alarming phenomenon.

He also stressed that Iran’s intelligence forces had demonstrated their capabilities to ensure national security in the face of regional turmoil.

“Israeli occupation is major issue”

First and foremost, the Iranian spokesman stated, the West must cease giving Israel political and security backing in relation to its genocide in the Gaza Strip.

Second, he went on, Israel’s crimes against the Palestinian people had to stop by utilizing the UN Security Council and other international bodies.

According to Kanaani, Iran upholds the rights of the Palestinian people despite phony threats from certain groups advocating unjust resolutions that benefit the Zionist regime. 

“We believe that Iran’s initiative can … end the Palestinian crisis. We believe that the Israeli occupation is Palestine’s major issue and that it must be resolved,” he added.

Iran has long suggested that the best way to settle the protracted conflict in Palestine would be through a referendum in which all of the original inhabitants of the Palestinian territory and their descendants would take part.

“Israeli crimes will lead to spread of Gaza war”

On Sunday, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned that Israel’s attack on Gaza might “metastasize” throughout West Asia.

Kanaani responded to the comments, saying, “If the atrocities of the Zionist regime are not halted, the scope of the conflict will extend. If we are seeing the growth of the conflict in the region, it is due to the United States’ failure to address this issue.”

“We have a clear stance. If the U.S. government, the Western states and the allies of the Zionist regime are truly and sincerely after a solution to the problem in Gaza, the cessation of Israeli war crimes and preventing the spread of the war in the region, they must prove their demand in practice.”  

He went on to say that regional concerns are tied to the governments and nations of the region as a whole, and that Washington plays a negative influence in this respect.

The global nations see such a paradox in the words and conduct of certain European countries, he said, adding that “contrary to their stances, the U.S. and the Western allies of Israel have not taken any effective measure to end the Gaza war. They continue to promote instability in the region while simultaneously talking about insecurity.”

“Red Sea happenings are ramifications of Gaza war”

Kanaani also stated that the recent events in the Red Sea were “a result of the situation in Palestine.”

“The cause is the occupation and the war that is being waged against the oppressed people of Gaza with U.S. support over the past three months. The war has had consequences in the region and if it goes on, the consequences will continue.”

The Caucasus region 

Kanaani also said that Tehran has clear positions regarding the situation in the South Caucasus region and transit corridors.

“We are making a lot of efforts to establish peace, stability, and security in the regional countries.”

Kanaani stated that “Tehran has repeatedly stressed that developing transit cooperation cannot be a basis for geopolitical changes and violation of the territorial integrity and national sovereignty of countries.”