Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, in a meeting with Hamas leaders in Doha, reaffirmed Tehran’s principled stance on supporting the Palestinian people’s resistance against Israeli occupation, Mehr reports.

Iran’s Foreign Minister praised the legendary resilience of the Palestinian people in the face of the “unprecedented crimes of the Zionist regime [i.e. Israel],”  and reiterated the principled stance of the Islamic Republic of Iran in supporting the resistance of the Palestinian people.

Khalil al-Hayya, member of the political bureau and head of the Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip, along with a number of members of the leadership council and political bureau of Hamas, met with Abbas Araghchi, who is on a trip to Doha, to discuss the latest political and field developments in the Gaza Strip, the continuation of Israel’s genocide, and efforts to stop its crimes and address prisoner exchanges.

Araghchi, pointing to the intensification of Israel’s crimes in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including imposing starvation and famine on the innocent people of Gaza and the killing of women and children in food distribution lines, considered the growing wave of protests and demonstrations in various countries against the crimes of the Israeli regime as a clear sign of the awakening of the international community regarding the genocide in Palestine. He stressed the necessity of continued coordinated and comprehensive action by Islamic countries to stop the genocide, send urgent humanitarian aid to the besieged people, and prosecute and punish the leaders of Israel.

Also, the head of Hamas’s political bureau in Gaza provided a report on the latest field situation in Gaza and the efforts to stop the crimes of Israel and address prisoner exchanges. He expressed gratitude for the support of the leadership, government, and people of Iran for the Palestinian people, and praised the solidarity of the free people of the region and the world, especially the people of Yemen, with the Palestinian cause. 

He stressed that despite committing the most heinous crimes against the Palestinian people, Israel cannot overcome the determination and will of the Palestinian nation to resist and defend its legitimate rights.

In addition, Khalil al-Hayya emphasized the need for global mobilization to lift the siege on Gaza, send urgent humanitarian aid to the Palestinian people, and effectively confront Israel’s policy of intensifying occupation and genocide in Palestine.