Message of H.E Seyed Mohammad Ali Hosseini, the Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Pakistan on the occasion of the International Quds Day.

'Glory be to Him Who made His servant to go on a night from the Sacred Mosque to the remote mosque of which We have blessed the precincts, so that We may show to him some of Our signs; surely He is the Hearing, the Seeing.' (Holy Quran, Sura Al'Asra, 1) Fighting for liberation of Palestine as Jihad In the way of God is an obligatory and desirable duty in Islam. (Ayatollah Khamenei) On the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan, Muslims and freedomseekers of the world once again sent their hearts to the Holy Land of Palestine and respond positively on the call Imam Khomeini to liberate the Holy Quds and liberate the oppressed people of Palestine from occupation and oppression of the cancerous and evil Zionist regime. Today, 73 years after the illegal occupation of Palestinian land, the Judaization of Jerusalem and the growing efforts of the Zionist regime to expand illegal settlements and expel the Palestinians from this holy city continue. Now, the battle in Quds has become a battle of identity, a battle for right and legitimacy and the historical, political and cultural nature of this city.

The issue of Jerusalem and Palestine remains the most central issue in the Islamic world. The people of Gaza are in a difficult situation, and the Zionist regime has increased its crimes in the shadow of news blackout. Moreover, the Zionist regime's declaration of Jerusalem as its capital with the support of the United States as the prelude to the 'deal of the century' along with the relocation of the US embassy to Jerusalem has been added to all the destructive and inhumane acts of the Zionist regime. The Islamic Republic of Iran, as a staunch supporter of the liberation of Holy Quds, has for several years proposed a comprehensive and democratic solution to the return of all Palestinian refugees by...