Iran says FM in Qatar to meet Hamas leaders

AFP , Thursday 30 Jan 2025

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi was visiting Qatar on Thursday to meet leaders of the Palestinian Hamas group , a ministry statement said.

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Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei addressing attendees while accompanied on stage by President Masoud Pezeshkian during a meeting with officials in Tehran. AFP

It said he would meet senior Hamas officials "to hail the victory of the Palestinian people through 16 months of legendary resistance" in the Gaza Strip.

On Tuesday, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Gaza had brought Israel "to its knees" in the conflict.

"The small, limited Gaza brought the Zionist regime, armed to the teeth and fully supported by America, to its knees," he said during a meeting in Tehran.

On January 22 in Davos, Switzerland, Iranian Vice President Mohammad Javad Zarif said that Hamas's attack on Israel had "destroyed" an opportunity for talks to revive a landmark nuclear accord.

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