Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations has urged the world to do more to counter Israel’s “expansionist” policies
The international community must take a more active approach to the plight of displaced Palestinians and the Israeli occupation of their land, Iranian Ambassador to the United Nations Amir-Saeid Iravani said on Friday.
Iravani made the appeal on the 78th anniversary of the Nakba, a term used in the Arab and Muslim world to describe the flight and expulsion of more than 700,000 Palestinians during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. Today, around six million Palestinians are registered with the UN refugee agency UNRWA, many of them living in refugee camps.
There is an “urgent necessity for international mobilization to confront the root causes of this situation,” Iravani said, calling for resistance to Israeli occupation and “expansionist policies.” Support for Palestine “must not remain limited merely to expressions of sympathy,” he added, arguing that the world must abandon “approaches that have failed to achieve peace or justice.”
“Surrender is not an option. History will remember kindly those who resisted oppression and defended freedom and the right to self-determination, and it will pass judgment on those who, through silence or indifference, paved the way for injustice,” the diplomat said, according to ISNA.
The situation has been further exacerbated by Israel’s war in Gaza, with the UN saying that the majority of the enclave’s pre-conflict population of 2.1 million has been displaced.
Israeli officials have increasingly rejected calls for a two-state solution, arguing that the establishment of a fully independent Palestinian state would threaten Israel’s existence.
“There will not be a Palestinian state. It’s very simple: it will not be established,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in November 2025, according to the Times of Israel.
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Basically the situation has been further exacerbated by Israel’s war in Gaza, with the UN saying that the majority of the enclave’s pre-conflict population of 2.1 million has been displaced. What matters is whether anything changes because of it.
The bigger issue here is the situation has been further exacerbated by Israel’s war in Gaza, with the UN saying that the majority of the enclave’s pre-conflict population of 2.1 million has been displaced. That changes the calculation.
On one hand israeli officials have increasingly rejected calls for a two-state solution, arguing that the establishment of a fully independent Palestinian state would threaten Israel’s existence. But at the same time “There will not be a Palestinian state. It’s very simple: it will not be established,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in November 2025, according to the Times of Israel.
Reading that iran’s ambassador to the United Nations has urged the world to do more to counter Israel’s “expansionist” — hard to argue with the logic there.
So the bottom line is there is an “urgent necessity for international mobilization to confront the root causes of this situation,” Iravani said, calling for resistance. Wonder how this will land.
Basically israeli officials have increasingly rejected calls for a two-state solution, arguing that the establishment of a fully independent Palestinian state would threaten Israel’s existence. What matters is whether anything changes because of it.
When you look at “There will not be a Palestinian state. It’s very simple: it will not be established,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in November 2025, according to the Times of Israel, the implications are hard to ignore.
So the bottom line is iran’s ambassador to the United Nations has urged the world to do more to counter Israel’s “expansionist”. Wonder how this will land.
Israeli officials have increasingly rejected calls for a two-state solution, arguing that the establishment of a fully independent Palestinian state would threaten Israel’s existence. Meanwhile “There will not be a Palestinian state. It’s very simple: it will not be established,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in November 2025, according to the Times of Israel.
On one hand there is an “urgent necessity for international mobilization to confront the root causes of this situation,” Iravani said, calling for resistance. But at the same time the situation has been further exacerbated by Israel’s war in Gaza, with the UN saying that the majority of the enclave’s pre-conflict population of 2.1 million has been displaced.
In other words the situation has been further exacerbated by Israel’s war in Gaza, with the UN saying that the majority of the enclave’s pre-conflict population of 2.1 million has been displaced. Curious to see how this develops.
Basically the situation has been further exacerbated by Israel’s war in Gaza, with the UN saying that the majority of the enclave’s pre-conflict population of 2.1 million has been displaced. What matters is whether anything changes because of it.
The bigger issue here is the situation has been further exacerbated by Israel’s war in Gaza, with the UN saying that the majority of the enclave’s pre-conflict population of 2.1 million has been displaced. That changes the calculation.
On one hand israeli officials have increasingly rejected calls for a two-state solution, arguing that the establishment of a fully independent Palestinian state would threaten Israel’s existence. But at the same time “There will not be a Palestinian state. It’s very simple: it will not be established,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in November 2025, according to the Times of Israel.
Reading that iran’s ambassador to the United Nations has urged the world to do more to counter Israel’s “expansionist” — hard to argue with the logic there.
So the bottom line is there is an “urgent necessity for international mobilization to confront the root causes of this situation,” Iravani said, calling for resistance. Wonder how this will land.
2.1 million. The real figures are likely much higher.
Think about it: iran’s ambassador to the United Nations has urged the world to do more to counter Israel’s “expansionist”. That speaks volumes.
2.1 million — and that is probably just the official count.
Basically israeli officials have increasingly rejected calls for a two-state solution, arguing that the establishment of a fully independent Palestinian state would threaten Israel’s existence. What matters is whether anything changes because of it.
When you look at “There will not be a Palestinian state. It’s very simple: it will not be established,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in November 2025, according to the Times of Israel, the implications are hard to ignore.
So the bottom line is iran’s ambassador to the United Nations has urged the world to do more to counter Israel’s “expansionist”. Wonder how this will land.
Israeli officials have increasingly rejected calls for a two-state solution, arguing that the establishment of a fully independent Palestinian state would threaten Israel’s existence. Meanwhile “There will not be a Palestinian state. It’s very simple: it will not be established,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in November 2025, according to the Times of Israel.
Saeid Iravani is in a tough spot here, curious how they navigate it.
On one hand there is an “urgent necessity for international mobilization to confront the root causes of this situation,” Iravani said, calling for resistance. But at the same time the situation has been further exacerbated by Israel’s war in Gaza, with the UN saying that the majority of the enclave’s pre-conflict population of 2.1 million has been displaced.
In other words the situation has been further exacerbated by Israel’s war in Gaza, with the UN saying that the majority of the enclave’s pre-conflict population of 2.1 million has been displaced. Curious to see how this develops.