The president made the remarks in an interview on Wednesday night with five resistance TV channels – namely Al-Manar of Lebanon, Aletejah TV of Iraq, Palestine Today and Al-Aqsa of Palestine and Almasirah TV of Yemen.
The president’s interview was held in Palestine Museum of Contemporary Art located in Tehran’s Palestine Street.
The interview was broadcasted from the above-mentioned TV channels at 21:00 Palestine time (22:30 Tehran time and 19:00 GMT) last night.
Noting that what the Palestinians did was a legitimate self-defense, the president said that it is a mistake to analyze the October 7 operation without considering the background of the Palestinian issues.
He also referred to repeated sacrilege of Al-Aqsa Mosque, adding that the Palestinians have lost their tolerance.
A nation whose homes are occupied, their families are held captive and martyred and their farms are destroyed are entitled to self-defense, the president said.
President Raisi added that what the Zionist regime has done indicates their desperation in the face of the Palestinian resistance.
Pointing to the international awakening and hatred towards the Zionist regime, the president said that the killing of women and children is not a victory.
In its invasion of Gaza, the Zionist regime sought to occupy Gaza and destroy Hamas while it has had no achievements in reaching these goals.
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