Iran’s president-elect reaffirms support for Palestine

Pezeshkian made the remarks in a phone call with Ismail Haniyeh, the head of the political bureau of the Palestinian resistance movement, Hamas, on Sunday.

During the conversation, Iran’s president-elect vehemently condemned Israel’s recent brutal attack on a gathering of the displaced people at the al-Mawasi refugee camp in the southern Gaza city of Khan Yunis.

The massacre left at least 90 Palestinians dead and 300 others injured.

Pezeshkian said this horrific crime “proves Israel’s desire to continue the genocide and break the will of the resistance, but it will fail in doing so”.

He stressed that “the Islamic Republic will not leave the Palestinian people alone under these difficult conditions.”

Iran’s president-elect also emphasized that his administration will place the Palestinian issue at the top of its priorities as it is the central issue of the Islamic world.

“We will do our utmost to stop the war and stop the genocide,” Pezeshkian added, stressing that the long-term step that must be taken is to end the occupation and for the Palestinian people to obtain their full rights.

Haniyeh, for his part, once again congratulated Pezeshkian on his election as the new Iranian president.

He then touched on the heinous massacres committed by the Israeli regime against civilians in Gaza, including the al-Mawasi massacre in Khan Yunis and the strike on the al-Shati refugee camp that killed 20 Palestinians.

Haniyeh added that the occupying regime uses false claims of targeting resistance leaders to justify its crimes, pointing out that these massacres came despite the positive position adopted by Hamas and other resistance groups during Gaza ceasefire negotiations.

“However, [Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu set new conditions in his recent statements that were not included in the texts of the proposals exchanged through the mediators,” Haniyeh said.

He stressed that such measures prove that Netanyahu wants the aggression to continue and escalate, and that he is not interested in reaching an agreement.

Haniyeh also praised Iran’s positions on the issue of Palestine and resistance, as well as its support for the cause of Palestine at various levels.

He expressed hope that more political and diplomatic efforts would be made towards halting the Israeli regime’s aggression against the people of Palestine.