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We’re misinterpreted, Iranian embassy says
2005-10-31 07:27:07
By Guardian Reporter
The Iranian Foreign Ministry has said the UN Security Council statement issued on Friday condemning President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s call to ’’wipe Israel off the map’’ was an attempt by the Zionist regime to divert the attention of the international community so as to distort the truth.
’’The UN Security Council statement was imposed by the Zionist regime to cover up its crimes and distort the truth,” said a statement issued through the Embassy of Islamic Republic of Iran in Dar es Salaam yesterday.
The statement said the Iranian stand on Palestine was clearly elaborated at the recent UN General Assembly by Iranian President Ahmadinejad, who emphasised that lasting peace and justice could be established in Palestine through putting an end to the occupation of Palestinian territories, allowing all refugees to return to their homeland, holding a referendum, and establishing a democratic Palestine with Beit-ul-Moqaddas as its capital.
’’Iran has always abided by its commitments to the UN Charter and has never used force against another country or threatened the use of force,’’ the statement said.
It emphasized that no nation had a right to invade another and condemned the invasion and occupation of Iraq by American troops.
’’We can’t advocate the removal of people from the map of the world.
What we want is an end to occupation of a country by another,’’ said Ali M. Mottaghi Deputy Head of Mission at the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran, in a separate telephone interview.
The statement also abhorred the repeated threats to attack Iran’s nuclear installations by what it called ’Zionist regime and some permanent members of the Security Council.’
It called on the UN Security Council to weigh between the truth and propaganda, adding that it should condemn the continued killing of innocent people of Palestine and those in the Muslim world, rather than attempt to evade issues at stake.
’’Iran adheres to its commitments to the UN Charter and has never used force against any country and never threatened the existence of any country either,’’ the statement added.
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