Speaking to parliament on Sunday he said that through resistance the Palestinians would achieve victory against Israel, just as former South African president Nelson Mandel did against apartheid, according to Iran’s Tasnim News Agency.

“The Zionist regime represents the modern face of fascist racism, and we see again how the West and the US see themselves indebted to this regime and have pioneered in all-out support for Israel and this ridiculous comedy has repeated behind the same ridiculous face of supporting the human rights at the international level and massacring the Palestinian nation in their homes,” said Larijani according to Iran’s Fars News Agency.

“The West won’t respect the Palestinians’ rights except through resistance,” he added.