TEHRAN, May 01 (MNA) – A group of Iranian professors and students have penned a letter to the freedom-seeking students in the United States and Europe who are protesting for the people of Gaza, expressing solidarity with them.

Salam As per Muslim custom, we start with Salam, which means wishing for health and peace.

We were told that America and Europe are the cradle of freedom, freedom of thought, belief and expression.

And you were told that our religion is a religion of violence and is against freedom.

This was not something that we or you have seen and understood ourselves.

This was the image that the media and their rulers had created for us.

"Gaza", and the blood of its innocent women, men and children, disproved these false myths.

Now we see that there is a red line for freedom of expression in the West: you have no right to defend people who are deprived of their basic rights, water, food, security and land, solely because they are Palestinians and they stand against Israel.

Israel has crossed all the red lines that every person accepts as a human, but the United States government, along with many Western governments claiming to stand for human rights, does not stop providing financial, military or media support to this regime.

We are witnessing that the voice of your objection to this genocide is being severely silenced.

The police enter campuses to suppress you and have the most violent response to your humanitarian protests.

We are very happy that the voice of the oppressed of Gaza have passed beyond the thick walls of censorship and mainstream media lies and reached your truth-seeking consciences.

We, in Iran, have been standing against Israel's crimes and alongside the Palestinian people for years, and now you and we are together and alongside the people of Gaza.

We stand by you and support you in building a bridge of justice and reason and above it, praising the truth and true freedom.

We are with you and we will fight oppression, violence and discrimination until the coming of the savior, whom we call "Mahdi".

Yours Sincerely A group of Iranian professors and students