Iran’s FM blasts UN inaction against Israeli incursions into Gaza

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 08 – Iran’s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki criticised the United Nations Security Council for inaction regarding the latest Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip. Iran Focus

Tehran, Iran, Jul. 08 – Iran’s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki criticised the United Nations Security Council for inaction regarding the latest Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip.

“International organisations and in particular the UN Security Council have not taken serious and effective measures to halt the recent crimes of the Zionists”, Mottaki said at a rally against Israel in Tehran on Friday. His remarks were carried by the government-run news agency Fars.

Hard-line radicals affiliated to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps organised Friday’s rally.

There were banners reading, “Palestine, the land of revelations, is part and parcel of Islam” and “Noble Qods (Jerusalem) is the first mecca for Muslims and must be cleansed of the enemies’ existence, especially the militaristic Israelis”.

There were chants of “Death to Israel”, “Death to America”, and “Qods must be liberated”.

Hard-line Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad attended the rally.