In iran many took to the streets to show their solidarity with the palestinians. In fact, iran is among the handful of countries in the world where in both the state and the nation support the palestinian cause, despite all the difficulties on the way. But the question is, why has the Islamic Republic of . Iran pursued unwavoringly propalestinian policies for more than four decades. What is the rational behind irans attitude towards palestine and how does iran view the palestinian question . These and more on this in episode of iran today. We visited the palestine exhibition located in the National Museum of the Islamic Revolution and the holy defense, a remarkable display portraying the history of the palestinian movement, right from the of beginning until quite recent developments. As you walk. Along the exhibition, you can learn more about the horrific events leading to the Israeli Occupation of palestine, key resistance figures and the neverending israeli atrocities. To know more, we went to the society for the defense of the palestinian nation and visited its political deputy dr. Hossain ruivarron. He is also a University Professor at tehran faculty of world studies. We asked him. What is today referred to as the palestinian cose is completely in accordance with international law, every community has the right to selfdetermination, according to the un charter. Palestine has been userped for 75 years in israel and its western supporters have deprived the palestinians of their right to selfdetermination. It is interesting that the westerners support this in their. Stance and raised the issue of twostate solution. The point is that they agree that the Israeli Regime should withdrow from the of west bank, the gaza streep and east goods, but israel does not do this. The palestinian cose is to create a state for the Palestinian Community and to recognize the right as a community that can have a state for themselves. There is no doubt that palestine holds lofty status in the muslim world. Given that its land contains muslims first qible or direction of prayer, the holy mosk of alaqsa, and that it has been occupied by the Israeli Regime. For iran, palestine represents the oppressed of the world. Even before the victory of the Islamic Revolution, the founder of the Islamic Republic, imam komaini lent a special significance to the palestinian question in his speaches. In a statement in december 1978, the grand ayat. Allah said, we have always spoken of israel and the fact that it is userper. Our intention has always been to stand by our palestinian brothers, and whenever we gain power, we will join them in defending their rights, like brothers standing as equals in the same line of battle as them. Baitul muqaddas must be returned to the muslims, the israelis are usurpers. Dr. Rui varon said, as a Muslim Country, the Islamic Republic cannot be indifferent to the plights of other. Different to palestine . No, it cannot, because we have two kinds of brothers, i mean metaphorically, one National Brothers into religious brothers and we cannot be indifferent to our religious brothers in palestine, lebanon, syria, iraq, kashmir, bosnia, wherever. If they are oppressed, we have to help them out. What iran is doing in its support of the palestinian nation is an accepted norm in the international arena. درباره چه مسئله ای اندیشید پیغمبر اکرم داستانی که دل حسین بن علی رو خون دارد این قضیه است حسین بن علی a sense a religious duty that muslim nations look, what the Islamic Republic is doing is must perform as regard to their religious brothers and therefore no extremism can be seen in this regard. Iran has tried maintain its Core Principles, not to fluctuate like some arab states, because iran thinks that its principles. Relation to palestine are correct policies . Well, if other muslim countries had behaved like iran in the case of palestine and reached a consensus, maybe the political geography of palestine would have been formed by now, and there would be no more killing, intimidation or oppression towards the Palestinian People. The 1979 Islamic Revolution dramatically transformed irans Foreign Policy behavior. This transformation included. A change of official iranian attitude toward palestine from antagonism to cordial relations. This iranian palestinian relationship is regarded as a vital part of the political puzzle in west asia, but for tehran, its simply beyond politics. Shortly after the victory of the Islamic Revolution in 1979, iran designated itself as an Islamic Republic. To represent a new identity at the regional and global levels. As an Islamic Republic, iran found its own duty to shoulder some responsibility for advocating the islamic agenda, promoting the idea of islamic unity and lending support to fellow muslims across the world, especially the oppressed, those who need protection. As Imam Khomaini stated, we support the oppressed, we support whoever is oppressed wherever they may be, and the palestinians are. Oppressed, the israelis oppressed them, for this reason we support them. Calls to support the palestinians were received warmly by the iranians due to their sense of islamic solidarity, their shared history of battling against imperialism as well as their common religious values. This is sayid amir musavi, a former iranian diplomat and the director of the center for strategic studies and international relations. He told us that the palestine issue is complicated for at least two reasons. The palestinian issue is two faceted issue. On the one hand, its a humanitarian issue. Its about a country under occupation. On the other hand, its about the presence of the zionists in the heart of both the arab and muslim world. Since they occupied palestine, they have waged many wars against muslim countries. They have tried to make themselves superior to arab. Muslim countries, they got permission from countries such as the uk, the us and france to become a nuclear country, and now they possess at least dozens of nuclear warheads. They are doing mischief, they are oppressing the Palestinian People, they are killing them and violating their rights, at the same time they are after harming neighboring countries. After the 1979 revolution, one of the first moves was to institutionalize antizionis and propalestinian discourse. By replacing the Israeli Mission in tehran with a palestinian embassy. Tehran undertook the process of islamizing the palestinian cause by declaring the last day of every ramadan. As the quds day and calling on muslims around the world to exhibit solidarity. Imam komaini reiterated that iran as a Muslim Country had an obligation to protect other muslim nations around the world, particularly the people of palestine against the Israeli Regime. Its widely believed that almost all sanctions and International Pressure on the Islamic Republic of iran stem from tehrans unflinching support for the palestinian cause. And consequently its enmity towards the Israeli Regime. But why has iran decided to take this somewhat selfsacrificing policy towards palestine . There is a consensus among politicians of all stripes inside iran that the countrys support of palestine cannot be compromised due to its importance to the islamic world and its synonimity with the identity of the Islamic Revolution. Mr. Ruy varon agreed that iran is paying a high price for not recognizing the Israeli Regime as legitimate state, but he added something thought provoking. There is no denying that part of the sanctions that have been imposed on iran are due to irans stance towards israel, basically opposing israel and defending the palestinian nation. How is iran self sacrifice and defending the Palestinian People justifiable . Many of the messages that the west sends to iran, they say if iran just recognizes israel, the wests behavior towards iran will change favorably, Foreign Investments will be made in iran and Economic Development will happen in the country, but you know the political system in iran is an independent system and is not willing to be dominated. The issue of defending the palestinian cose is in line with the National Ideals of our society. Once said that the price we pay for standing up to the west is less than surrendering to the west, which we see in some states in the region. 242, 338. The islamic world, iran has inevitably focused its attention on the most vital challenge. Facing the muslim world, the question of palestine and the flight of the palestinians. Moreover, propalestinian sentiments sit well with antiimperialism as two Core Principles for the Islamic Republic of iran. Mr. Yazdon said that other muslim countries should seriously join iran in supporting the palestinian cause if they really want to see the end of the flight of the palestinian nation. جمعی ووجود نداشته باشه. When there is no collective will, we cannot expect a miracle from the supporters of palestine like iran. On the contrary, unfair pressure will be exerted towards these porters, including iran. As you know, iran has been under pressure from the International Community for supporting resistance groups in the occupied territories, and this pressure may continue and even intensify in the future. Therefore, what is certain is that until the muslim countries in the. Organization of islamic cooperation do not reach a strategic solution, no big changes will happen in favor the palestinians. In other words, just some protests and warnings will not have favorable impact on the fate of palestine and the palestinians. Theres plenty more right after a quick glance at some news exerps. Welcome to the news section of the program where we take a look at some news exerps from different news websites. Irans raisi calls for n to israeli attacks on gaza closure embassies. Agency reports, president of rahim raisi, speaking to the crowd in central toron engalab square, condemned the israeli bombardment of the densely populated gather strip, particularly hospital bowming. The president also called on muslim countries to close down the israeli embassies in response to attacks on palestinian civilians, including the bombing of alahli arab hospital. Iran vehemently denies having sent arms to Palestinian Resistance groups. Iran from page quotes from Brigadier GeneralMuhammad Jafar asadi, Top Commander of irans Islamic Revolution, god core. The israelis claim they have the most powerful intelligence service, then how is it possible for iran to. Send arms together without them israel finding out. Saudi crown prince and iranian president discuss conflict. The wall street journal writes saudi arabias crown prince muhammad bin salman and iranian president ibrahim raisi discussed the conflict in israel and gaza a phone call marking the first such call since the two countries restored diplomatic ties in march. Ayatollah says no one can stop Resistance Forces if israels crimes continue. The Business Standard writes, irans leader Ayatullah Khamenei said on tuesday that no one will be able to stop muslims around the world and Resistance Forces if israels crimes in gaza continue, Iranian State tv reported. Iran leader has also called for israeli officials to be held accountable for their actions against palestinians while calling for the israeli bomming of gaza to see. Artists called for increased support for palestine and social. Media a group of artists in iran have called for increased support of the oppressed people of palestine on social media platforms amit the ongoing attacks by the Israeli Regime against the palestinians in the ghaza strip. This brings us to the end of the news section. Stay tuned as we go back to the main narrative. After the victory of the Islamic Revolution, iran embedded in its constitution, islamic principles and values, stemming from the holy quran, the prophet muhammads way of life, that is sunnah, and narrated traditions, that is ahadies, these principles and values served as the basis of the Islamic Republics constitution. The constitution emphasizes the necessity of supporting the rights of all muslims and directing irans Foreign Policy towards promoting friendship among muslim countries. The quran contains a number of verses that clearly recommend muslims to unite and act in harmony to support their fellow muslims and to protect the oppressed. To that end, imam komeynis vision of mostazafin versus mostakbirine, that is the oppressed versus the oppressors, created a central structure for irans Foreign Policy after 1979. The culture of resistance which has come to the Islamic Republic of iran and its absolute commitment to palestine is central to the countrys constitution. It asserts that iran considers the attainment of independence, freedom, and rule of justice and truth to be the right of all people of the world. Now lets discuss supporting the palestinian cause from the legal standpoint, does the iranian constitution mention anything regarding this matter . The قانون اساسی جمهوری. Yes, in the constitution of the Islamic Republic of iran, it is mentioned that iran should not be indifferent to the situation of muslim brothers, islamic communities, and the oppressed, and the country is acting accordingly. In iran, we speak completely honestly about these issues, while other countries may support others, but under different names. America, as one of the biggest powers in the world, is present in various regions and has military bases here and there just. To interfere in different regions, but the us says, for example, its presence in the region is due to its alliance with this or that country. In short, we act based a religious point of view, and they act based on the hegemonic point of view, نیست. According to the iranian constitution, article 154, the Islamic Republic of iran has its ideal human felicity throughout Human Society and considers the attainment of independence, freedom, and rule of justice and truth to be the right of all people of the world. Accordingly, while scrupulously refraining from all forms of interference in the internal affairs of other nations, it supports that just struggles of the Freedom Fighters against the oppressors in every corner of the globe. More than four decades of wholehearted support has made the Islamic Republic the undisputed champion of the palestinian cause. In contrast to some arab countries who have signed peace deals with the Israeli Regime or have coseed up to it, tehran has never compromised this core principle of helping the helpless. Mr. Yazdan panah told us that the majority of the muslim world is suffering from kind of paradox over the issue of palestine. Due to the lack of agreement and understanding over the palestinian issue. Some states unexpectedly tilted towards the Israeli Regime, some others just issue statements and warnings about the disastrous situation of. They do nothing more, nothing meaningful or effective, the Islamic Republic, some other muslim countries such as syria, lebanon, as well as Palestinian Resistance movements are almost the only players that seriously care about the issue, last but not least, the Islamic Republic stin support for sunny arab palestine is a clear convincing proof against baseless allegations that tehran is pursuing only the allegedly shia persian interests. More than four decades of support and selfsacrifice for the sake of the palestinian cause for a country that has been under the harshest of sanctions, clear up any doubts as to irans intentions. Palestine is sacrosanged in iran and the country is prepared to pay for the palestinian cause, no matter how much the cost might be. To mr musavi, iran is doing what other nations. Has aligned itself with the nations of the world, currently we see that the governments in the united states, europe and some arab countries are supporting the Israeli Regime, but almost all the nations across the world are against the regime and protest against its atrocities. This means that the Islamic Republic stands by the nations of the world as the palestine issue is an issue of great importance in the world, thats all for today, thank you for watching from the whole team, we hope you enjoyed this program and founded, valuable and informative, please do tune in, same time next week and each week after, dont forget to send us your comments and topic requests, bye for now. 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