Spokesman Condemns OIC's Anti-Iran Statement

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman condemned a recent statement by the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC) against Iran in the absence of the Islamic Republic's representative.

News ID: 71690

Date: 10 August 2018 - 16:11

TEHRAN (Defapress)-His remarks came after the Permanent Representatives' Meeting of the Organization for Islamic Cooperation, held at the headquarters of the OIC General Secretariat in Jeddah, called on Iran to stop supplying Yemenis with ballistic missiles; an accusation that Iran has repeatedly dismissed as unfounded.

"The representatives from the Islamic Republic of Iran cannot attend the meetings of the permanent members of the Organization for Islamic Cooperation (OIC) as Saudi Arabia refuses to grant visa to them, and these kinds of statements are issued under the pressure posed by Saudi Arabia in an unfair and partial manner,” Qassemi said.

The OIC's meeting in Jeddah issued an 11-article statement in Jeddah where the Iranian representative was absent due to Saudis' refusal to grant visa to the Iranian diplomat.

“The states carrying out aggression against Yemen are responsible for the humanitarian crisis of the last years which have been accompanied by daily slaughter of the defenseless people of Yemen with the aggressors’ most advanced military purchases and the total destruction of infrastructures in this country," Qassemi added.

The Iranian foreign ministry spokesman also condemned the Saudi-led coalition which is covering up their crimes and deviating the world's public opinion by issuing such "worthless statements and abusing regional and international institutions and mechanism".

He underlined that Issuing such statements under the banner of and by abusing the creditably of the Organization for Islamic Cooperation (OIC) not only creates distrust among the member-states and is a waste of their capitals and capacities, but it also ruins the use and functionality of the Organization to deal with the major problems of the Islamic World and undermines the international status of the Organization.

In relevant remarks on Thursday, President of Iran's Academy of Medical Sciences Seyed Alireza Marandi in a letter to the UN Chief lambasted the world body for inaction against the Saudi-led coalition's crimes, specially the recent pounding of a hospital.

"Unfortunately, last week, we witnessed another grievous act: the bombing of a hospital in Yemen where defenseless civilians were receiving medical treatment," Dr. Marandi said in a letter addressed to Antonio Guterres.

"The Iranian Academy of Medical Sciences condemns this most recent crime and expects the Secretary-General to act immediately to prevent further attacks of this kind," the letter added.

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