Iran's Proposed Referendum to Ends Mideast Conflict: Lawmaker

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - The Palestinian people's problems and the Israeli-Palestinian clashes will end through the referendum proposed by the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Iran's Rapporteur of the parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Seyed Hossein Naqavi Hosseini said several plans and road maps proposed by the international community to resolve the issue of Palestine have failed to yield result so far.

"The Islamic Republic of Iran's proposal for a referendum in Palestine (which allows Palestinians) to elect their government is a completely logical solution and is based on democratic principles," the lawmaker said.

"Definitely, the problem of the Palestinian nation will be resolved this way."

In his keynote address to the 16th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit in Tehran on Thursday, Supreme Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei called on the American backers of the Israeli regime to accept Iran's proposal for a referendum in the Palestinian lands to determine the country's fate.

The Leader reminded the Zionists' bloody occupation of Palestine over 6 decades ago, and blamed the Zionist regime for waging various wars, massacre and state-sponsored terrorism in the last decades.

He blamed the western world for supporting and defending the Zionist regime of Israel against the oppressed Palestinian nation.

The leader further renewed Iran's solution to the Palestinian issue, calling for a "comprehensive referendum to be attended by all the indigenous residents of Palestine, including those refugees who have been away from their motherland for decades to determine the country's fate".

The Iranian supreme leader cautioned the US against the continue support and defense for the Zionist regime of Israel, reminding that decade-long support for the Israeli regime has incurred many costs and losses on the American people.

The leader called on the White House leaders to revise their Middle-East policy and "show courage and opt for the referendum solution" presented by Iran to put an end to the astronomical spending that has been inflicted on the American nation for its support for the Zionist regime of Israel.


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