Iran demands Islamic countries to impose sanctions on Israel

 Iran demands that Islamic countries impose sanctions on Israel

Iran demands Islamic countries to impose sanctions on Israel

Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has said on Wednesday that member countries of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) should impose an oil embargo and other sanctions on Israel.

According to the British news agency Reuters, Hossein Amirabdullahyan has also demanded that all member states expel Israeli ambassadors.

 

An emergency meeting of the OIC is being held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia after a large number of Palestinians were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a hospital in Gaza late on Tuesday.

A statement from the Iranian Foreign Ministry said that Hossein Amirabdollahian demanded that Islamic countries impose immediate and complete sanctions on Israel, including oil embargoes, in addition to expelling Israeli ambassadors.

Iran's foreign minister has also called for a team of Islamic lawyers to document possible Israeli war crimes in Gaza.

It should be noted that Iran does not have any kind of diplomatic relations with Israel.

Before Tuesday's airstrike on a Gaza hospital, Palestinian health officials said at least 3,000 civilians had been killed in Israel's 11-day bombardment.

The series of attacks began after Hamas riots in southern Israel on October 7, which left 1,300 people dead and nearly 200 hostages in Gaza.