In iran man, 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 unwayight . 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 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 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 ruivaron. He is also a University Profesor at tehran faculty of world studies. We asked him what the palestinian cause is in the first. 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 westerns support this in their political stance and raised. Issue of twostate solution. The point is that they agree that of the Israeli Regime should withdraw from the of west bank, the gaza streep and easts, 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 qeble 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 ayatullah said, we have all 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 Muslim Country, the Islamic Republic cannot be indifferent to the plaids of other muslims, no matter where they res. It cannot, because we have two kinds of brothers, i mean metaphorically, one National Brothers and two 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 بود می گفت آقا اگر میخوای تو از من عزاداری بکنی برای من سینه بزنی برای من زنجیر بزاری شعار امروز تو باید فلسطین باشد. In other words, support for palestine and opposition to imperialism and israel became unifying principles that guided opposition to the shahs prowestern regime. We visited q marpanah in his office. A senior political analyst cuumars yazdan panah believes if arab states were as steadfast as iran. Look, what the Islamic Republic is doing is in a sense a religious duty that muslim nations 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 in relation to palestine are. 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 ideal. Entity 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 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 designs in the heart of both the arab and muslim world, since they occupied palestine, they have veged many wars against muslim countries, they have tried to make themselves superior to arab and muslim countries. 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 antizinus and propalestinian discourse by replacing the israeli. 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 enity. 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. Ruivaran 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 a 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 in defending the Palestinian People justifiable . متحمل هزینه بسیار سنگینی. 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. 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. 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 excepts from different news websites. Irans raiscy calls for to israeli attacks on gaza closure of israeli embassies. Andalu agency reports. And ibrahim raisi, speaking to the crowd in central toron square, condemned the israeli bombardment of the densely populated gaza 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 brigidier general Muhammad Jafar asadi, Top Commander of irans Islamic Revolution guard. 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 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. Irans 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 seize. Artists called for increased support for palestine on 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 ahadis, 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 holy 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 xomeynis vision of mostazafin versus mostakbirin, 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 define 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. Uh, does the iranian constitution mention anything regarding this matter . قانون اساسی جمهوری اسلامی ایران. Yes, in the constitution 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. In short, we act based a religious point of view, and they act based on the hegemonic point of view. 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 independent. 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 the 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 its core principle of helping the helpless. Mr. Yazdon. 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 muslims in palestine. And gazas trip, 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 sunni 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 harshes of sanctions, clear up any doubts as to irans intentions. Palestine is secretd 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 want their states to do. 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 issue of great importance. 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. Your fear should not define you, your employment should not define you, crime, no more money for israels crime, not another nickel, not another dive, not another nickel, not another dive, hey, ho ho, the occupation has got to go, hey, hey, ho, the occupation has got to go, shut it down, no peace, no justice, no peace, no justice, opinions have been deprived of their homeland of our homeland for sev, we would like to. Respectfully remind our president that is crucial allowing these displaced palestinians to the return to their towns of origin. We must reject israels displacement of 1 million palestinian prohibiting any medical supplies to enter the area. Separation for palestine from the river to the sea. Show solidarity with our Palestinian People and their ongoing struggle for just when people are called. Resistance is justified, to all normalization, the brighton operation for all of its importance in terms of its targeting was part of a campaign, we believe that the only way to get the brits to the negotiating table was for sustained campaign, not one operation no matter how significant could achieve that, it was about uh getting longterm attacking england and uh, i think eventually we did that after lot of stops and starts and i wasnt part of that, i was in jail by that stage. Uh, wed have operated in england, withdrew because of logistics involved, and then come back to it, that wasnt a plan the sort of pressure that was going to be needed, it took us a long time, a long time for the movement to gain what was needed, and eventually he did. The headlines, irans leader khamenei says, the United States is definitely accomplice in the israeli crimes against palestinians in gaza. Irans foreign minister, just the un to hold israel accountable for its war crimes against palestinians in the besieged yasa strip. And the russian president warns that israels war on gaza could spread to well beyond west asia with dangerous and destructive consequences