In a Farsi post on his official account on Friday, Kanaani stated, “If the Islamic countries and Muslim nations had supported the oppressed people of Palestine and the defenseless residents of Gaza based on their Islamic, humanitarian, and legal duties, then the Palestinian citizens, including children and women, would not have been slaughtered by the murderous tribe”, IRNA reports
This comment follows the revelation that Israeli ambassador to Japan was not invited to participate in the annual atomic bombing ceremony of the Japanese city of Nagasaki, leading to a boycott of the ceremony by the ambassadors of the United States, Group of Seven (G-7), and some Western countries.