This handout picture provided by the Iranian foreign ministry shows Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (L) meeting with the head of the political council of Hamas Mohammad Ismail Darwish in Doha. AFP
Senior leaders of Hamas attended the talks, including Shura advisory council leader Mohammed Darwish and chief negotiator Khalil al-Hayya, a statement said.
The meeting, which coincided with a new captive-prisoner swap between Hamas and Israel, "covered the latest political and field developments, the implementation of the ceasefire agreement in Gaza, prisoner exchange efforts, and Israeli attempts to delay reconstruction and humanitarian relief", the statement said.
Araghchi also met Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani, and discussed Gaza, the occupied Palestinian territories and Syria, a Qatari foreign ministry statement said.
The Israeli war on Gaza has killed more than 46,000 people, many of them women and children, according to the territory's health ministry, figures the UN says are reliable.
The Gaza war quickly expanded to include Tehran allies Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthi rebels in Yemen, and also led to direct exchanges between Iran and Israel, who are sworn enemies.
A fragile ceasefire in Gaza -- mediated by Qatar, the United States and Egypt -- began on January 19, and calls for 33 Israeli captives captured on October 7 to be freed in exchange for around 1,900 prisoners in Israeli jails.
According to Hamas, Araghchi "noted that the Palestinian fighters had disproved the myth of the 'invincible Israeli army' by carrying out a strategic military operation and negotiating on equal footing, leading to a ceasefire and an honourable prisoner exchange deal".
On Tuesday, Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had said that "the small, limited Gaza brought the Zionist regime, armed to the teeth and fully supported by America, to its knees".
At the same time, Iranian Vice President Mohammad Javad Zarif acknowledged earlier this month that Hamas's October 7 offensive had "destroyed" an opportunity for talks to revive a landmark nuclear accord between Iran and world powers.
*This story was edited by Ahram Online.
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