Iran's President Ebrahim Raeisi has vehemently slammed the heavy-handed crackdown against pro-Palestine student protests in Western universities, especially in the United States, saying it has laid bare the true nature of Western civilization.
Raeisi made the remarks while addressing a meeting of his cabinet on Sunday.
The Iranian president described violent suppression of anti-Zionist student protests, and the beating and arrest of professors and students in Western universities, especially in the US, as “another scandal for self-proclaimed advocates of freedom of expression.”“Today, thanks to the blessed blood of the oppressed martyrs of Gaza, the true nature of Western civilization has been revealed to the people of the world more than anytime before,” the Iranian president said.
Raeisi added, “It has become evident that those who claim to be advocating freedom of expression do not think about anything other than maintaining their own domination.”
Elsewhere in his remarks, Iran's president said the current uprising of Western students, professors and elites in support of the oppressed people of Gaza is a major development with vast ramifications.
“Undoubtedly, this uprising and awakening against [West’s] oppression and crime and domination will not be extinguished through violent practices, [as well as] beating and
arresting professors and students who support the oppressed people of Gaza,” Raeisi said.
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.
Police have arrested hundreds of protesters across university campuses.
The United States has been providing Israel with unrestrained military, intelligence, and financial support since October 7, when the regime unleashed the war against the besieged Palestinian enclave.
Washington gives Israel $3.8bn in military assistance every year, and US President Joe Biden has continued to provide staunch support to the illegal entity amid the Gaza war. On Wednesday, Biden signed into law a massive funding package that will provide an additional $17bn to the occupying regime.
Washington has also vetoed several United Nations Security Council resolutions calling for a ceasefire in the brutal military aggression.
