TEHRAN- Israeli atrocities against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have been severely condemned by the spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, who asserts that moral and humanitarian norms are completely absent from the political discourse of U.S. politicians and their European allies.

The remarks were made by Nasser Kanaani on Monday during a weekly news briefing in Tehran.

“I also offer my condolences to the international community and freedom-loving nations of the world for the death of ethics and humanitarian values in the lexicon of the U.S. administration and certain European countries,” Kanaani said.

The top Iranian diplomat described the humanitarian situation in Gaza as more than catastrophic, emphasizing that Israeli aggression against the Palestinian nation has been ongoing for the past 75 years, and the heinous crimes committed by Israeli military forces against Gazans exposed the Tel Aviv regime’s racist and apartheid nature.

Iran urges intl. legal committee to investigate Israeli war crimes

Kanaani further demanded the establishment of an international legal commission to look into Israel’s war crimes in the Gaza Strip, stating that all four instances of international crimes - namely crimes of aggression, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide - have been committed by the Tel Aviv regime against Palestinians. 

“Sometimes all four crimes have been committed simultaneously,” he said, adding that the legal pursuit and legal and international prosecution of war crimes is an international responsibility that must be especially shouldered by the UN.

“Israel has gone beyond all boundaries”

He also stressed that the Iranian Foreign Ministry has been legally following up on the Israeli atrocities, and that Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian noted during his recent speech at the United Nations headquarters in New York that Israel has waged over 20 wars in the West Bank region and is still occupying swathes of land from neighboring countries.