World must not allow Lebanon to become another Gaza: Pezeshkian
President Masoud Pezeshkian of Iran has called on the international community to stop Lebanon from becoming another Gaza.
The Israeli regime’s intensified attacks on Lebanon, the president stated, carry the risk of dragging the entire region into conflict.
Pezeshkian is in New York to attend the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly.
He made the remarks in an exclusive interview with CNN on Tuesday, a day after Israel carried out its deadliest airstrikes on Lebanon since 2006.
“We must not allow Lebanon to become another Gaza at the hands of Israel,” Pezeshkian said.
“The events that are unfolding in Lebanon may turn into a regional conflict that could be dangerous for the future of the world.”
“Therefore, we must prevent Israel’s criminal actions.”
The Iranian president urged the UN Security Council to “take immediate action” against the “insane” Israeli escalation.
Pezeshkian said the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah is facing an entity armed to the teeth with access to advanced weaponry.
“Hezbollah cannot stand alone against an entity that is being defended and supported and supplied by Western countries, by European countries and the United States.”
On Monday, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in a post on X that “Iran will not remain indifferent.”
“We stand with the people of Lebanon and Palestine.”
On the same day, Israeli warplanes conducted extensive airstrikes on towns and villages in Lebanon.
At least 558 people, including 50 children, have been killed. 1,835 have been wounded in two days of Israeli strikes on Lebanon.
The psychopathic bombardment has produced an outpouring of condemnation across the globe.
Residents of villages in southern Lebanon have shared images on social media depicting their towns under attack, prompting thousands to flee southern Lebanon and causing significant traffic jam on the main highway leading to Beirut.
The Israeli strikes came less than a week after the regime coordinated sabotage attacks targeting Hezbollah’s communication devices.
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