TEHRAN- Iran’s permanent mission to the UN in Geneva has denounced decades of Israeli atrocities against the Palestinian people and called on the whole community to speak up in favor of justice.

In a statement on X on Friday, the mission stressed that “crimes committed against the Palestinians over decades weigh heavy on the conscience of humanity.”

It issued a warning, saying that egregious human rights violations, crimes against humanity, and occupation should not become accepted.

The International Court of Justice in The Hague began hearings on Thursday over a charge that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.

In an 84-page lawsuit, South Africa urged the highest court of the United Nations to declare quickly that, since October 7, 2023, when it began hostilities in the besieged region, the Tel Aviv regime has violated its obligations under international law.

In a post on X on Thursday, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian warmly welcomed the “courageous” decision of the South African administration against Israel.

“The disgust and hatred toward the animalistic behavior of Netanyahu and the terrorist army of the Zionist regime in committing genocide and war crimes against the Palestinians cannot be washed away in the public opinion of the world under any title or logic,” the minister added. 

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani emphasized on Thursday that “we hope and want the International Court of Justice to impartially investigate the complaint of South Africa and some other governments against the Zionist regime regarding the crime against the people of Gaza and not to give in to the political and non-political pressures of the United States.”

He stated that the Israeli regime and the U.S. are attempting to achieve their political and media aims as a result of their defeat in the Gaza battlefield, but the Palestinian people are more aware than to allow their desires to come true.

Kanaani further stated that one of the most significant triumphs of Operation Al-Aqsa Storm was the collapse of the U.S.-Israel media empire, which produced a globally fabricated narrative in favor of the Israeli regime, reversing the roles of the oppressed and the oppressors.

“Undoubtedly, the future belongs to Palestine and the Palestinian nation,” Kanaani stressed, adding that Washington’s efforts in implementing U.S.-Zionist political plans will lead to failure.

He further underlined that Israel’s fear of the truth coming to light is demonstrated by the fact that over 110 journalists have been killed in Gaza during the over 100 days since it erupted.

In addition, Kanaani pointed out that “the Palestinian nation is stronger and more steadfast than before and the Zionist regime is more desperate than ever” after more than three months of the Gaza conflict.

“Today, the Axis of Resistance is more coherent, resilient and united than ever, and the supporters of the fake Zionist regime, including the U.S. regime, are more disgraced than before,” he added.

“It is the U.S. that is making all political, media, legal and military efforts to prevent the real collapse of the Zionist regime. After Operation Al-Aqsa Storm, the U.S. regime spent its little credibility on the Zionist regime, and today it is considered the loser of the war.”