President Ebrahim Raeisi has reaffirmed Iran’s unwavering support for the Palestinian people, saying Palestine remains the number one issue of the Muslim world as the founder of the Islamic Republic Ayatollah Ruhullah Khomeini said famously.
Addressing a massive rally in the capital, Tehran, on the 45th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, Raeisi said Western powers tried very hard to dissuade Iran from supporting Palestine but failed miserably.
“The Westerners tried hard to make Iran stop defending Palestine and the ideals of the Islamic Revolution, whether through war or economic blockade and sanctions, and repeatedly sent messages saying ‘stop defending Palestine,’” he said.
The president hastened to add that forty-five years after the victory of the revolution, it was proven that “the Islamic Republic and our visionary Imam” were right in saying that Palestine is the first issue of the Islamic world and that al-Quds must be freed.
[This item is being updated.]
