Iran president asked Pope to speed up cessation of attacks on Gaza

RELIGIONS NEWS AGENCY (REDNA) – Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in a phone call asked Pope to speed up cessation of attacks on Gaza.

Vatican News reported Pope Francis has spoken by phone with the Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, which was at the request of Iran.

The President described the killing of almost 10,000 people as the biggest genocide of the century, “terrible and unprecedented crimes”.

He said the bombing of the Gaza church and the destruction of the historical heritage of the Palestinian nation is an example of apartheid.

Supporting the oppressed people of Palestine “is the practice of the teachings of all Abrahamic religions, including Christians”, the President said.

In his Sunday address, Pope Francis re-iterated his call for an end to violence, to cease using weapons, to rescue the wounded and get humanitarian help to the people of Gaza