Iranian reactions to the Gaza War (2008–2009)

This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict.The Gaza War (2008–2009) was accompanied by the stance of many countries and organizations in the world.

The most important of these reactions are the Fatwa of Jihad[1] by Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of Iran, and the sit-in and attack on foreign embassies.

[36][37] The Minister of Industries (Ali Akbar Mehrabian) on behalf of the government warned the Khoshgovar company to terminate its contract with Coca-Cola, which is Zionist.

[38] Ahmadinejad's government took full advantage of the conflicts in Gaza to threaten human rights activists, civil institutions and critics.

[39][40] Government authorities first sealed the office of Shirin Ebadi's Human Rights Defenders Center and then some Basiji forces raided her house.

[42][43][44][45][46] After the publication of the statement of the Office of Consolidation of Unity criticizing the Israeli government for killing civilians and Hamas for using civilian areas to attack Israel and the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran for its interest in spreading war and conflict in the region, the Ministry of Science dissolved the Office of Consolidation of Unity in a statement.

The Office of Consolidation of Unity is the largest and oldest student union in Iran, which has been under severe pressure for criticizing the regime since a decade ago, and hundreds of its members have been arrested and imprisoned.

This confrontation took place after the newspaper Kayhan, which is run by Hossein Shariatmadari, the representative of Ali Khamenei, published an article entitled "We dealt with the Kargozaran, why don't you deal with the Office of Consolidation of Unity?

[57] On the fourth day of airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, some Basij students demonstrated in front of the Egyptian Interest Protection Office in Tehran and then attacked the summer garden of the United Kingdom Embassy in Gholhak.

[65] The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which from the very beginning considers itself bound to intervene in Arab-Israeli conflicts with the establishment of the Quds Force, explained Iran's propaganda in a briefing to the so-called "political leaders": "In the media movement, the things mentioned in the leader's message should be emphasized, and it should be changed from the form of news to extensive media operations including analysis, incitement, criticism, and encouraging people to support and demonstrate, and therefore from Muslim scholars, heads of Al-Azhar, intellectuals and... several interviews should be taken and reflected...

[67][68] According to the approval of the government of Iran, all funds paid by individuals for the purpose of reconstruction of Gaza are considered as acceptable tax expenses of the taxpayer's performance year.