The Iranian permanent representative to the United Nations, Amir Saeid Iravani, affirmed during his speech at the General Assembly session dedicated to the tenth anniversary of the “International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of Genocide,” his country’s steadfast commitment to confronting the crime of genocide and preventing its recurrence.
The Iranian diplomat clarified that his country, as a co-sponsor of the UN resolution on this day, renews its respect for the victims of genocides, pointing out that their suffering obliges the international community to take decisive stances based on clear moral principles, according to Iran’s IRNA.
Iravani stated that “preventing genocide is not just a slogan, but a firm legal commitment and a humanitarian duty requiring countries to act immediately when any threat of this crime appears and to punish those responsible for it.”
He also expressed his country’s appreciation “for the work done by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, which reached serious conclusions about what the Zionist entity committed in Gaza, acts amounting to genocide.”
The Iranian permanent representative to the United Nations emphasized that “the Zionist entity has consistently violated international law, and its grave breaches of international humanitarian law and human rights are widely documented in UN mechanisms.”
Iravani stressed that “these crimes cannot be justified, mitigated, or covered up,” criticizing the role some Western media play in justifying them through the use of dehumanizing language and distorting facts.
He concluded his speech by affirming that “silence does not erase the crime of genocide, and the voice of truth is the path to justice,” calling for “transforming the victims’ pain into a unified international will to end this crime,” and emphasized the need for “the United Nations to play a true leadership role, beyond mere commemoration, to include actual moral action by all countries, and to work immediately and collectively to protect genocide victims and preserve their dignity.”
Under the agreement, the group of 20 who survived since the events of October 7, 2023, were released in exchange for Israel releasing about 2,000 Palestinian detainees from Gaza, including those sentenced to long terms.
