Zionist regime ‘main enemy’ of Muslim world

Speaking in a meeting with intellectuals and political, social, and cultural activists of Hormozgan Province in Bandar Abbas on Thursday, Pezeshkian urged officials and citizens alike to trust in domestic capabilities and the support of the populace to maintain momentum despite pressures.

“The country’s goals, dignity and pride must not be forgotten. We must move in a single row, toward one qibla, and under one leadership. This is the meaning of congregational prayer; unity. If this unity does not exist, that congregation will be only an empty shell,” he said.

“The enemies think that by assassination they can bring our nation to its knees, while thousands of more worthy people are ready to take up this flag,” he said, referring to the decades-long assassination campaign by the United States, Israel, and other terror groups supported by them against Iran.

One of the latest assassination plots occurred in June when the Israeli regime launched an unprovoked aggression against Iran, targeting top military commanders and nuclear scientists, also killing hundreds of civilians.

Pezeshkian also pointed to the illegal sanctions imposed against the country over its peaceful nuclear program, saying that they cannot block the path for the nation. “Those who fear sanctions do not believe that one can continue the path by relying on God and the people.”

The comments come as the UN Security Council restored the anti-Iran sanctions that had been lifted under the 2015 nuclear deal on Sunday. The sanctions will again freeze Iranian assets abroad, halt arms deals with the Islamic Republic and target the country’s defensive missile program.

The sanctions came back as part of a so-called snapback mechanism that three European parties to the deal used after they accused Iran of non-compliance with the agreement despite their own failure to adhere to their part of the commitments.

Zionist regime ‘main enemy’ of Muslim world

The president criticized what the exploitation of Muslim disunity by foreign adversaries, who seize the region’s oil, gas, and mineral resources while supplying weapons designed to fuel conflict between Muslim nations.

“The Zionist regime, with a small population, kills women and children before the eyes of hundreds of millions of Muslims, and the reaction of some governments at best is mere condemnation. Some even secretly sit beside those criminals and exchange pleasantries,” he said.

“If Muslims were united, such atrocities would not occur,” said the president, as the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip has killed more than 66,200 people, internally displacing almost all of the population, and causing a dire humanitarian situation in the past two years.

Pezeshkian criticized the reliance of the Muslim countries on external powers.

“The enemy takes our oil, gas and mines. In return, it gives us weapons and planes to fight one another. The key to using those planes is also in its hands; if it permits, they fly; if not, they are grounded.”

He called for dialogue across the region. “With all Islamic countries — from Afghanistan and Pakistan to Oman and the UAE, from Qatar and Kuwait to Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Turkey — problems should be solved by dialogue, not by division and war; our main enemy is the Zionist regime,” Pezeshkian said.