Iran urges U.N. to put Israeli leaders to trial for war crimes

Tehran, Fab 2, IRNA - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday urged the United Nations to
bring to justice the Israeli leaders for crimes against humanity and
war crimes in Gaza.

He made the remarks in a meeting with the visiting chief of the Hamas
Political Bureau Khaled Mashal who arrived here on Sunday heading a
delegation to hold talks with senior Iranian officials on major
regional and international issues.

Mashal also is here to convey the gratitude of the Palestinians,
Gazans in particular, to their fellow Iranians for their spiritual
supports for the Palesitnian resistance to the Israeli occupiers
especially during its lates 22-day savage attacks against the
defenseless people of the Gaza Strip.

President Ahmadinejad stressed the need for quick reconstruction of
Gaza, helping its people and reopening of the crossroads leading to
the Gaza Strip.

He called on the international community to put the Zionist regime
under political pressure in order to prevent continued Israeli
aggression on Gaza.

President Ahmadinejad also urged people in Gaza, Palestine, to
maintain their faith in God and strengthen their unity and resistance
to the usurper regime.

Noting that the ?defeated Zionists? might try to wage another war
against Palestinians, the president urged residents of Gaza,
Palestine, to remain vigilant about Zionists further aggression in the
future.

Meanwhile, Mashal said, for his part, that Iranians shared in the
victory of the people of Gaza over the Zionist occupiers.

Briefing the Iranian president over Gazans; resistance during the
22-day aggression of the Israeli troops which left over 1,300 killed
and around 5,000 injured, Mashal said the people of Gaza, all
Palestinians and the democratic government of Prime Minister Ismail
Haniyeh would always thank God for their victory and express their
gratitude for the spiritual and political supports of their fellow
Iranians during the hard days of Israeli massacre on Gaza.

Referring to the Gazans? victory over the Israeli troops in 22-day
aggression on the besieged area as a ?miracle from God,? Mashal said
that this miracle ?brought honor to Palestinians and those countries
that supported the Islamic resistance while, on the other hand,
humiliated the Zionist leaders, US and certain countries.?

Mashal added that the Islamic resistance as well as Palestinians were
seeking to remove the long seizure of the Zionist regime from the Gaza
Strip, reopen major crossroads to Gaza including the Rafah crossroad
and assisting families of martyrs as well as survivors of the Israeli
aggression on Gaza.

He added that reconstruction of demolished infrastructures in Gaza as
well as putting on trial of the Zionist leaders were among other major
objectives which are pursued by the people of Gaza and the Islamic
resistance as well.

Mashal?s visit to Iran is considered highly important due to the
recent developments occurred in the region following the Zionist
regime?s 22-day-long carnage in the Gaza Strip.

He met with the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah
Seyed Ali Khamenei and is due to deliver a speech at Tehran University
later on Monday.

Mashal is also to attend a formal session of parliament (Majlis) on Tuesday.

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