Iran to host 12th intl. conf. of ‘Gaza, Symbol of Resistance’

The twelve edition of the International conference of ‘Gaza, Symbol of Resistance’ will kick off Saturday at 09:00 to 13:00 local time .

The conference is chaired by the Secretary General of Iran-based Society in Defense of the Palestinian Nation (SDPN), Hojat-ol-Islam Rahimian.

Hezbollah Secretary General Seyyed Hasan Nasrallah has sent a letter to the chief and secretary general of SDPN and the participants of the conference which will be read by the Lebanese representative in Tehran at the conference’s Day.

The Society for the Defense of Palestinian Nation organized the event in cooperation with Qods news agency and some other NGOs.  

Representatives of Palestinian resistance movement groups and a number of other political figures also will take part in the conference.

It comes a day after the Gaza Day. January 19 has been designated by the Iranian parliament as the Gaza Day in the Iranian calendar.

The day was named in the aftermath of the resistance put up by the residents of the coastal enclave in the face of the full-scale Israeli invasion which led to Gaza’s victory in the 22-day Gaza War during December 27, 2008-January 18, 2009.