Iran Considers Biden’s Pro-Israeli Comments as Warning to Regional Countries

Iranian President Seyed Ebrahim Rayeesi strongly condemned the US complicity in the Israeli war on Gaza, and said that the recent remarks made by President Joe Biden about Israel serves as a warning to Islamic states in West Asia.

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Date: 31 October 2023 - 09:59

Addressing a cabinet session on Sunday, Rayeesi described Biden's remarks on Israel as "reactionary, anti-democratic, and inhuman”.
Iran’s president was referring to the American leader’s statements during his visit to Tel Aviv, when he noted, "I have long said: If Israel didn’t exist, we would have to invent it."
President Rayeesi stressed that such comments amount to an “unwanted admission of the fake nature of the usurping Zionist regime”.
"The Americans must answer this question: Which international law, agreement, or regulations are compatible with such remarks?" he asked.
Rayeesi also said Biden's comments also serve as a "warning" to Muslim countries in the region, adding, "Such remarks are indicative of the fact that for the United States, preserving the Zionist regime is considerably more important than [protecting] the lives of human beings, especially women and children."
The Israeli bombardment of the besieged territory has entered its 16th day and has so far killed more than 4,700 Gazans, including more than 1,800 children and over 1,000 women, and leftover 16,000 others injured.
“Today, the question posed to governments, world powers, and international organizations by the people of the world is how they can allow an arrogant regime [like Israel] to kill the oppressed women and children of Palestine in such a barbaric and bloody manner with the US support right in front of their eyes,” Rayeesi stated.
"What is happening in Gaza against the oppressed people of this region is a clear example of war crimes and crimes against humanity," he continued.
The president stressed the necessity of bringing to justice the "criminal leaders of the US and Zionist regime as the main perpetrators and supporters of these crimes".
Hours after the Hamas military operation against Israel on October 7, US officials promised ‘rock-solid and unwavering’ support to its closest ally in the Middle East. Washington, which provides about $3bn in annual military aid to Israel, has ordered the movement of military ships and aircraft closer to Israel as a show of support. Israel is the largest cumulative recipient of United States foreign assistance since World War II.
President Joe Biden has pledged unwavering support for Israel as its military pummels Gaza with bombardment. He stated that Washington would provide Tel Aviv with everything it needed.
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has also said Washington would provide munitions to Israel. The Pentagon chief has also announced the deployment of the second aircraft carrier “to deter hostile actions against Israel or any efforts toward widening this war following Hamas’s attack”. In the eastern Mediterranean, the carrier USS Eisenhower and its accompanying ships will join the USS Gerald R. Ford.
And, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken added that Washington will never falter from its support for Israel.
Earlier on Sunday, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian stated that the United States is waging a war on Palestinians in the Gaza Strip through Israel, and further cautioned that the current status in West Asia resembled a powder keg that could spiral out of control.
Referring to Biden’s visit to Tel Aviv, the top diplomat said that it is a “bitter and unfortunate reality” that the American leader was quick to pay an extraordinary wartime visit to the occupied territories and voiced support for the Zionist regime’s assault against hospitals, mosques, churches, and residential areas.
It’s a great shame that the American president announced that the US would dispatch hundreds of planes, ships, and trucks filled with military equipment to the occupied territories to support the mass murder that Israel is committing in Gaza but has managed to coordinate plans for only 20 trucks carrying humanitarian aid to enter the besieged enclave, he added.
“So, the Israeli regime has waged a proxy war against Palestinians,” the minister concluded.
Tehran says the history of the apartheid regime is full of assassinations, massacre, torture, and killing of Palestinian kids, and described the Tel Aviv regime's atrocities and massacre of Palestinian women and children as indicative of the destitute of Zionists. Iranian officials say the Tel Aviv regime has been struggling for more than 70 years to exit its identity crisis which has been mixed with genocide, plunder, forced displacement, and scores of other inhumane moves.