News- Middle East : Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf has called on Islamic and regional countries, especially Iran and Turkey, to unite and remain strong in opposition to the United States and Israel.

Qalibaf was speaking during a meeting with Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey Numan Kurtulmus on the sidelines of the Sixth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament in Geneva on Tuesday.

The situation in the region, Qalibaf said, is sensitive, and developments at the global and regional levels may lead to new challenges.

“This issue is rooted in direct American interference,” he noted, adding that Iran and Turkey have influential bilateral and regional relations that can have an impact on improving the conditions in the region.

Expressing gratitude for Turkey’s stance during the 12-day war, he said that the United States, the Israeli regime, and their supporters imposed the war on Iran.

He also noted that it was the first time the Israelis tasted the bitter taste of a harsh military confrontation.

On June 13, Israel launched a blatant and unprovoked act of aggression against Iran, assassinating many high-ranking military commanders, nuclear scientists, and killing civilians.

On June 22, the United States also entered the war and bombed three Iranian nuclear facilities in Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan, in a clear violation of international law and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).

Two days later, Iran, through its successful retaliatory operations against both the Israeli regime and the US, managed to impose a halt to the illegal assault.

Qalibaf also said the Zionists are the “Nazis of our time” because they are committing the same atrocities, underlining that the Israeli regime is seeking to create insecurity in the region to expand its territory, while working to fragment regional states, including Syria.

He also addressed the genocide in Gaza, saying that Tel Aviv is weaponizing hunger and thirst as tools of war.

Stating that bilateral relations between Iran and Turkey are developing and can have an impact on regional issues, Qalibaf said, “Serious measures must be taken in the areas of economic and trade relations, facilitation in the areas of border affairs, and parliamentary cooperation.”

The Turkish parliament speaker, for his part, reiterated that Israel is committing aggression relying on American support, adding that the Turkish Parliament issued a resolution in the very days of the imposed war in support of the Islamic Republic.

He also said that the level of cooperation between the two countries is expanding and that the target of $50 billion in trade volume will be achieved.

“The Iranian Parliamentary Friendship Group held good talks during its recent visit to Turkey, which could be effective in this regard,” he added.

Source: Press TV