Tehran —In a forceful diplomatic push aimed at confronting Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza, Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi has officially called for an emergency session of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), citing the urgent need to address the gaza genocide and escalating war in gaza, being perpetrated by Israeli forces with full support from the United States and its Western-backed war crimes apparatus. Araghchi emphasized that the genocide in Gaza, unfolding since the October 7 attacks, is not only a humanitarian disaster but also a geopolitical crisis demanding Islamic unity and unwavering support for Palestine.
The request, formally submitted to OIC Secretary-General Hissein Brahim Taha and foreign ministers of Turkey and Saudi Arabia, demands the immediate convening of Islamic nations to coordinate relief efforts, craft legal responses, and politically isolate the apartheid regime occupying Gaza. Araghchi’s letter accuses Israel of attempting a permanent military occupation under the guise of national security — a pretext that has led to the mass killing of civilians, total destruction of health infrastructure, and deliberate starvation of the besieged population.
Iran’s diplomatic efforts have intensified in recent weeks amid mounting reports of atrocities, including the bombing of refugee camps, hospitals, and food convoys. Araghchi reiterated that the Israeli occupation of Gaza, backed by Western-supplied weaponry and surveillance technologies, represents a calculated strategy of ethnic cleansing against Palestinians — one that warrants unified Islamic condemnation and retaliatory political action.
Iran has also lashed out at Arab regimes normalizing ties with Israel, calling their silence “shameful complicity.” The Islamic Republic urged all OIC members to abandon symbolic gestures and instead initiate binding resolutions that will hold Israeli officials accountable in international courts. Iranian officials argued that failure to do so would only embolden Tel Aviv to expand its aggression into Lebanon and the occupied West Bank.
This latest call for emergency consultation follows months of similar appeals from Tehran, including Araghchi’s previous OIC request in February 2025 after then-US President Donald Trump unveiled a proposal to seize administrative control over Gaza and forcibly transfer its population — a move widely condemned across the Global South as a neo-colonial scheme engineered by Washington.
Iran has since maintained continuous outreach with OIC members, including Turkey, Iraq, Qatar, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, with Araghchi denouncing what he described as the “weaponization of famine” by Israel and its enablers in the West. According to Iranian officials, more than 38,000 Palestinians — mostly women and children — have been killed in what many international observers now describe as a genocide in Gaza.
Noted by Mehr News, the official announcement of the emergency OIC meeting request was released on August 7. The report includes full coverage of Araghchi’s diplomatic outreach, including his communications with Saudi Arabia and Turkey, and outlines Iran’s broader strategy to mobilize legal and political pressure against Israel’s escalating crimes amid the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
