Iran's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN Offices in Geneva Esmayeel Baqayee Hamaneh blasted the Israeli envoy for raising baseless allegations against the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), and called the Zionist regime the source of instability in the region.
Baqayee Hamaneh made the remarks after representative of the Zionist regime to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), in a speech that had nothing to do with the agenda of the summit, referred to the IRGC's recent missile attack against the Israeli centers in Iraq’s Erbil, claiming that the IRGC destabilizes the region.
In reaction, Baqayee Hamaneh reiterated that Zionism essentially relies on "destabilizing" its surroundings for preservation and development, and this is what one famous scholar, Mohammad Shahid Alam, calls "logic of Zionist stabilization".
Referring to recent reports by international organizations and the Human Rights Council rapporteur on the introduction of Zionist regime as an apartheid and racist regime, Baqayee Hamaneh stated that logic and ideology of Zionism is necessarily promoter of a racist structure that sees itself as justified in massacring innocent Palestinians, seizing their lands, and destroying their homes.
He reminded the truth raised in Resolution 3379 of November 10, 1975, which considered Zionism ‘racism and apartheid’.
With due observance to the said issue, it is not surprising that they, Zionists, are angry with the IRGC, as the most determined force that seeks to defeat ISIL, violent extremism and terrorism in the region, Baqayee Hamaneh said.
In a statement earlier this month, the IRGC claimed responsibility for a missile attack against Israel's strategic center for conspiracy and evil, warning Tel Aviv that any wrong move will not go unanswered.
In reaction to the event, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said that Iran will never tolerate existence of a center of plotting on its borders.
IRGC Spokesman General Ramezan Sharif announced that the IRGC will not hesitate to strike other Israeli bases in Iraqi Kurdistan Region if its officials do not dismantle them.
“If Iraqi officials do not take action to remove other bases of the Zionists in that country while our security continues to be threatened from this region, we will respond without hesitation," General Sharif said.
He reiterated that "the Zionists had admitted themselves that their drones" which flew over a military base in Iran’s Kermanshah Province had taken off from their bases in Erbil (capital city of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region).
"It is our natural right to destroy any base from which any attack is carried out against the security of Iran and this is a redline for us," General Sharif said.
He pointed out that Iranian ambassador to Iraq Iraj Masjedi had on several occasions warned the Iraqi Kurdistan Region about the presence of the Mossad base, which was recently attacked by the IRGC.
Last week, Scores of ballistic missiles hit secret Mossad bases in Erbil, reportedly leaving several Israeli operatives dead.
Citing security sources, Iraq’s Sabereen News reported that two Mossad training centers were targeted by ballistic missiles in the early hours of Sunday.
Al-Mayadeen said a Mossad base on the Masif-Saladin street in Erbil was “fully razed to the ground and a number of Israeli mercenaries were killed or injured”.
In a relevant development last week, Iranian lawmakers in a statement voiced support for the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps' strong and eye-catching attack on the Zionist regime of Israel.
"The Iranian parliament supports the strong action taken to target the Zionist regime’s center of plot and evil through the IRGC precision missiles with pinpoint accuracy," the parliamentarians said via the statement at the end of their open session.
According to the Iranian parliament's statement, the IRGC has a good record in the fight against terrorism and the advisory presence in regional countries.
Further, parliamentarians reiterated that "global peace and security should be preserved and the illegitimate regime’s evil and brutal acts should be condemned".
Source: Fars News
