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New Delhi: Iran envoy to India on Friday denied any role of Tehran in the coordinated surprise attack of militant group Hamas on Israel. In an email interview to news agency ANI, Iran envoy to India Iraj Elahi said the country was not involved in the planning or execution of the assault and said Hamas was an “independent player”.
“Western media tries to deny the independent power of Hamas by attributing recent developments to Iran’s support. However, in truth, the strength of Hamas stands as an undeniable fact, and it remains an independent player that can steer the course of events on its own. As the Supreme Leader has stated, Hamas executed this operation without the assistance of Iran,” Elahi told ANI.
“Nonetheless, Iran will always support the Palestinian cause and the legitimate resistance of the Palestinians, consistently condemning the ruthless violence and occupation by the Zionists,” he added.
Elahi’s statement comes a few days after Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei denied his country’s role in the Hamas attack.
“The supporters of the Zionist regime and some people in the usurping regime have been spreading rumours over the past two or three days, including that Islamic Iran was behind this action. They are wrong,” he said, as quoted by news agency AFP.
He added that Iran supports Palestine and urged the “the whole Islamic world to support the Palestinians.”
Meanwhile, Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas warned of a “second Nakba” catastrophe in his talks with US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken after Israel ordered over one million people to evacuate north Gaza amid its conflict with Hamas, AFP reported.
During the meeting, Blinken reaffirmed US’s unequivocal condemnation of the Hamas terrorist attacks against Israel. He also spoke about the United States’ concerted efforts to collaborate with partners to prevent further escalation of the conflict.
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