Ecuadorian movements show solidarity with Iran after terrorist act

Quito, Jan 4 (Prensa Latina) Social movements in Ecuador today expressed their solidarity with the Iranian people after the terrorist attack perpetrated in the city of Kerman during the ceremony commemorating the fourth anniversary of the assassination of General Qassem Soleimani.

January 4, 2024
12:29

The Coordinator for Peace, Sovereignty, Integration and Non-Interference (CPAZ) and the Nela Martínez Women’s Association, members of the Latin American Alliance against Apartheid, sent a message of condolences and support to the Iranian ambassador in Quito, Ahmad Pabarja.

These attacks demonstrate the retaliation by the Zionist occupation of Israel and the US government as a consequence of the position taken by the authorities and people of Iran regarding the genocide in Palestine, they point out in the letter.

Likewise, they consider that “the North American empire, together with the Zionists, are the true terrorists, global genocides, and do not forgive Iran and its people who resist and develop despite the imposed measures.”

“They do not forgive Iran for showing solidarity with just causes, for supporting and defending the Palestinian people, they do not forgive solidarity with the people of Latin America, the Caribbean and the world who are faced with unilateral coercive measures with genocidal, commercial, economic,

Ecuadorian movements show solidarity with Iran after terrorist act, and financial blockade”, the text emphasizes.

The explosions took place the day before on a route that leads to the cemetery where General Soleimani, former head of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, is buried.

At least 84 people were killed, according to Sayyed Mohammad Saberi, head of the city’s Emergency Organization.

The event caused international commotion and statements from various governments; however, to date, the Ecuadorian Executive has not commented on the event.

As this Wednesday marks the fourth anniversary of Soleimani’s assassination, Ambassador Pabarja remembered him as a “hero and martyr in the fight against terrorism.” The United States thought that with his physical disappearance, the resistance movement against interventionism would be weakened. However, it fertilized the resistance and we can see it today in the people of Gaza under the bombings and vile crimes of the Zionist regime, said the diplomat.

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