News -Middle East: Iran has called on the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) to suspend the Israeli regime’s membership in the body over its continued war in Palestine.

The President of the Iranian National Paralympic Committee said in a speech to the IPC General Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, on Saturday that IPC members should act against Israel’s continued genocide in Gaza and its hostile actions against Iran and other countries.

Ghafour Kargari said that Israel has killed more than 65,500 people in Gaza and has imposed a siege and hunger on the people of the territory. 

“The international Paralympic community cannot remain silent in the face of these blatant crimes,” he said.

Muslim and non-Muslim countries represented in the IPC General Assembly meeting welcomed Iran’s proposal for Israel’s suspension from the body.  

Many countries have argued that the IPC should suspend Israel as it did with Russia and Belarus four years ago over their involvement in the Ukraine war.

The international body said on Saturday that it had lifted the partial suspension of Russia and Belarus following a decision made in the meeting in Seoul. Iran welcomed the decision.

Source: Press TV