Iran's relief aid ship to Gaza, still on agenda: Official

Tehran, June 27, IRNA – Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister in Arab Affairs Mohammad Reza Sheybani said that the plan to send the relief aid ship to Gaza Strip by governmental or non-governmental organizations is still on the agenda.

According to Foreign Ministry Media Department on Saturday, Sheybani, reacting to reports of certain news agencies which have said Iran has dispensed with sending aid ships to Gaza due to Israeli threats, said that 'the plan is still on our agenda'.

He said that time of dispatching the ship would be coordinated with those who want to dispatch other ships from different parts of the world.

He added that sending aid by plane or through Egyptian borders to Gaza is still on the agenda.

He said that the issue has been proposed to Egyptian officials and 'we are waiting for their answer'.

Sheybani also discussed nature and aim of the Zionist regime military forces in confronting with recent humanitarian move by people and added that the Zionist regime is trying to cover its own problems by turning the issue to a political-security affair.

The senior diplomat underlined necessity of continuation of dispatching aid for Gaza residents and increasing public opinion pressure on the Zionist regime./end