President: Iranians stand by Palestinians forever

Tehran, Dec 28, IRNA - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad strongly condemned on Saturday night Israeli brutality against innocent Palestinians in Gaza Strip saying
that Iranians would always support the Palestinian resistance to
Israeli occupation and stand by the people of Palestine.

He made the remarks in a telephone contact with the Secretary- General
of the Islamic Jihad Movement of Palestine Ramadan Abdullah.

"These crimes would not change the situation in favor of the Zionist
regime but would worsen its fate and add to its dark record," said the
president.

Latest reports said at least 225 people were killed and 400 others
wounded when Israeli F-16 bombers attacked Gaza Strip on Saturday and
fired around 30 missiles into the densely populated areas of the city.

The savage attacks of the Zionist troops against civilians have
triggered international outrage and shocked world public opinion.

President Ahmadinejad said that the Islamic resistance of the
Palestinian people was the main cause of Israel's failure and its
disappointment.

He expressed the Iranian nation's sympathy with the Palestinian nation
on the massive deaths of the youth, women and children in Gaza.

Abdullah appreciated courageous position of the Iranian president
about supporting the Palestinian nation and said that recent crimes
committed by the Zionist regime have increasingly disclosed the true
nature of Zionists and has indicated their weakness vis-a-vis the
Islamic resistance which has presently emerged in Palestine, Lebanon,
Iran and the entire Muslim World.


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