Iran has fulfilled its Islamic duty in supporting Palestine, says Ansarullah chief

Iran Press TV

Thursday, 15 May 2025 5:20 PM

The leader of the Yemeni Ansarullah resistance movement has hailed Iran over its unflinching support for the Palestinian nation and their legitimate cause, stating that the Islamic Republic is following an honorable path in this regard and all other Muslim states must follow suit.

“Iran is pursuing a praiseworthy Islamic approach by embracing the Palestinian cause and supporting resistance fighters. This is what every Muslim state must do,” Abdul-Malik al-Houthi stated as he delivered a televised speech broadcast from the Yemeni capital Sana’a on Thursday.

“Iran’s stance is a commendable Islamic one aimed at supporting the Palestinian cause. The Islamic Republic has proven and fulfilled its Islamic duty by helping Palestine,” Houthi said.

The Ansarullah chief took a swipe at Arab countries over their failure to adopt a concrete position concerning the Palestinian issue, saying that their official tactic has fallen short of creating a practical and clear path to truly support the sacred cause.

He said the lack of Arab unity has harmed the Palestinian issue at the international level, where Arab regimes simply suggest the humiliating doctrine of surrender and concessions.

Houthi underlined the need for a comprehensive review of the policies and positions of the Muslim world to confront Zionist aggression and support the Palestinian nation.

“This is while Hezbollah fighters, through their struggle, patience and sacrifices, could drive out the Israeli enemy force [from southern Lebanon], and inflicted major defeats on them,” Houthi stated.

Houthi then pointed to the Nakba, or Catastrophe, referring to the ethnic cleansing of Palestine in 1948.

“Among the important lessons of the 1948 Nakba is the fact that the Zionist entity’s aggressive and criminal character has not changed over the past 77 years. Throughout all these years, the global policy, especially that of the West, has not changed in terms of full support for the Zionist regime,” he said.

Houthi added that Western countries, by supporting the Zionist regime, have corroborated the falsehood of their slogans about human rights, which they always employ to deceive people.

The Ansarullah chief referred to the relentless crimes being committed by the Israeli occupation forces in the Gaza Strip, saying, “The Zionist regime completely destroyed some families in the territory this week.”

Houthi stated that the savage and criminal Israeli enemy relies on the support it receives from the United States and its Western allies, emphasizing that more than 1,200 people were killed and injured in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip this week, most of whom were women and children.

“The genocide in Gaza is going on in the Muslim world and before the very eyes of everyone. The number of martyrs in the Gaza Strip has surpassed the 1,800 mark, with over 7,700 others wounded, since the resumption of brutal Israeli aggression [on March 18],” the Ansarullah leader said.

He said the occupying Tel Aviv regime insists on its assassinations and abductions in the West Bank. Such a conduct, he said, exposes the entity’s intention to completely dominate the occupied region.

“It is regrettable that the Palestinian Authority continues to suppress Palestinians and collude with the Zionist enemy. The weak willpower among Arab armies to fight is the main reason behind the Zionist enemy’s unrelenting aggression against the region,” Houthi said.

The Ansarullah chief finally pointed to the cessation of hostilities between Yemen and the US, stressing that “Sana’a will not negotiate under humiliating circumstances, and won’t bow its head to the US”.

“If they (Americans) do not accept negotiations with us, this does not mean a great deal to us. We are committed to negotiations and peace, but not at the expense of total surrender.”