Iran definitely to respond; Acting FM talks to European, Asian counterparts

Pars Today - Acting Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ali Baqeri Kani, had phone contacts with his European and Asian counterparts on the assassination of the chairman of Hamas political bureau and savage bombardment of Tabein school in Gaza which has massacred over 100 refugees.

Ali Baqeri had separate contacts with the foreign ministers of Belgium, the Netherlands, Indonesia and the deputy chairman of Hamas political bureau. According to Pars Today, Baqeri in his call with Belgian Foreign Minister, Hadja Lahbib, pointing to more than 10 months of crimes and genocide launched by the Zionist regime in Gaza, said, "The Zionist regime has violated the regional security and stability in West Asia through targeting a school in Gaza and martyrdom of innocent worshippers there, attacking a residential area in Beirut and recent unmanly assassination of Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran."

He made it clear, "In view of defending its national security, territorial integrity and national sovereignty, Iran, based on international rights, international procedures and also the UN Charter, will take a legitimate and decisive measure to make the Israeli regime's aggressions costly [for it]."

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Hadja Lahbib, Belgian Foreign Minister, for his part, supporting the Palestinian nation's right to determine their right and condemning the construction of settlements by the Zionist regime and said, "Belgium supports the rights of the Palestinian refugees while seeking to enforce sanctions against extremist Zionist settlers."

Ali Baqeri, also in a phone call with the Dutch Foreign Minister, Caspar Veldkamp, referring to the barbaric attack of the Zionist regime on a school in Gaza and martyrdom and injury of hundreds of defenseless and innocent people, said, "If only this crime had been committed by another entity other than the Zionist regime, the Western countries would have raised the flag of defense of human being and human rights."

The Iranian acting foreign minister, underlining the Islamic Republic of Iran's natural right to respond to the crimes of the fake Zionist regime, made it clear, "The Dutch government should condemn the crimes of the Zionist regime and support Iran's legitimate and decisive move to legitimate defense against invasion."

Kaspar Veldkamp, for his part, described attacking a school in Gaza as "heartrending" and added, "The Netherlands has called for ceasefire, de-escalation of violence and sending humanitarian aids to Gaza."

In his phone call with the Indonesian Foreign Minister, Retno Marsudi, Baqeri Kani, said, "Currently, West Asia is undergoing a critical situation due to the crimes of the Zionist regime and the Islamic countries must provide the ground for sending aid to the oppressed people of Palestine."

Retno Marsudi, for her part, stressing that the Israeli crimes including the recent act of terror in Tehran, is a danger for international peace and security, stated, "Indonesia condemns the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh and considers it as a manifestation of violation of the national sovereignty of the Islamic Republic of Iran."

Iran's acting foreign minister, in his phone contact with the deputy chairman of Hamas political bureau, Khalil al-Hayya, pointed to the broad consultations of the Islamic Republic of Iran about the recent crime of Zionists against Tabein school in Gaza, and said, "The Islamic Republic of Iran is seriously trying to condemn the new crime of the Zionists through the regional and international communities."

Khalil al-Hayya, for his part, referring to the new crime of the fake child-killer regime in a school in Gaza which has massacred scores of innocent women and children, called for the global condemnation of this act of terror in the international communities and emphasized on continuation of consultations with Tehran on the issue."

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