Iran's vice president for strategic affairs has compared the devastation caused by the “wrath of nature” in the form of raging fires in California to the destruction brought by the “savagery of Israel” in the Gaza Strip after a 15-month Western-backed aggression on the besieged Palestinian territory.
Mohammad Javad Zarif, the former Iranian foreign minister, expressed sympathy with Californians in a post on his X account on Friday after an ongoing series of multiple catastrophic wildfires have affected the Los Angeles metropolitan area and surrounding regions.
“Grim footage out of California is reminiscent of ravaged homes, schools and hospitals in Gaza,” Zarif wrote.
“It's only human to sympathize with Californians who've lost everything to wrath of nature—particularly as many there have stood with Gazans who lost everything to savagery of Israel.”