The spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry has rejected the extension of the “true” principle of “neutrality in times of war” to the Israeli regime’s ongoing genocide in occupied Palestine.

In a post on his X account on Friday, Esmaeil Baghaei said it is true that neutrality in times of war is not indifference.

“But war and GENOCIDE are inherently different.”

Underscoring moral imperative against Israeli genocide, Baghaei said neutrality in the times of war cannot be applied when the regime has been committing an “undisguised genocide” in broad daylight against the people of Palestine for the past two years.

Genuine humanitarianism calls for moral courage to explicitly abhor atrocious crimes and demand accountability for the Zionist criminals, the Iranian spokesperson stated.

Baghaei’s post came after the UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories Francesca Albanese wrote on X on September 9 that the work of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and other humanitarian organizations is vital, asserting that neutrality in war is essential.

Israel has launched a genocidal war on Gaza since October 7, 2023, after Palestinian resistance fighters waged the surprise Operation Al-Aqsa Flood against the Zionist entity in response to the regime's decades-long campaign of bloodletting and devastation against Palestinians.

Since March 2, the Israeli regime has sealed all border crossings, blocking the entry of humanitarian aid and further deepening Gaza’s already dire humanitarian crisis.

The regime’s bloody onslaught on Gaza has so far killed at least 64,750 Palestinians, mostly women and children, according to the health ministry of Gaza.

Israel is pushing forward with a plan to occupy the Gaza Strip, starting with Gaza City, the largest city in the territory.