Iranian parliament condemns US police over ‘irrational violence’ against campus protests

In a statement on Tuesday, as many as 150 members of the legislative body threw their weight behind American and European university students supporting Palestinians in the months-long Israeli war on the besieged Gaza Strip.

“Today, Gaza is the scene of confrontation between an oppressed, afflicted and resistant nation and a ruthless and usurping entity. In this battle, sympathizing with the oppressed and protesting against the oppressors is the least of human duties,” the Iranian lawmakers said.

Stressing that the Israeli regime’s record of aggression and usurpation amounts to seven decades, the statement said what is nowadays coming to pass in the form of bravery and resistance by Palestinians in Gaza is the “volcano of pent-up anger and pain” of a nation.

“The expression of solidarity with Palestine by academics of the world, especially in Western countries, is a movement that stems from a justice-seeking, altruistic and humane nature.”

Playing victim and distorting the facts in the West’s mainstream media have not been able to completely cover up the bloody scenes in Gaza, the lawmakers stated.

Expressing their gratitude to the American and European university students for supporting Palestinians in Gaza, the statement said, “Irrational violence against this rights-seeking call will not cure the pain of oppressors.”

Students at dozens of universities in the US and Europe are protesting against the Washington-backed Israeli onslaught on Gaza, which has killed more than 34,000 people since October last year.

The students are calling for universities to separate themselves from any companies that are advancing the occupying regime’s war on the besieged Palestinian territory.

In the past 10 days, hundreds of students have been arrested, suspended, put on probation and, in some cases, expelled from colleges.