Mottaki calls on international community for immediate ceasefire

Source: AFP, 2-1-2009

Iranian Foreign Minister Manuchehr Mottaki hit out at the international community for not doing more in the face of "Israel's" deadly blitz on Gaza on Friday and demanded an immediate halt to the assault.
"We are calling for an immediate ceasefire, a halt to the attacks and aid for the population of Gaza as well as an end to the "Israeli" blockade of the Palestinian territory and the opening up of all the borders, particularly the ports," Mottaki said in a sermon at the main weekly prayers.

Mottaki accused the "Israeli" navy of behaving like "a bunch of Somali pirates" after a patrol boat collided with an aid boat carrying medicines and international activists trying to break "Israel's" blockade of Gaza on Tuesday.