FILE- A giant billboard depicting people walking with Palestine and Iran flags toward the Dome of the Rock shrine in Jerusalem is erected in Valiasr Square in the centre of Tehran. AFP
Abbas Araghchi discussed the "latest developments" in the region with Basem Naeem, a member of Hamas's political bureau, Iranian television said.
The call follows the signing last week of a memorandum of understanding between Iran and the United States aimed at bringing a lasting end to the US-Israeli war in the Middle East.
The text does not mention Gaza but stipulates "an immediate and permanent cessation of military operations on all fronts, including in Lebanon".
Hamas has welcomed the agreement and expressed hope that it would also help end the ongoing Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip.
Last week, Israel’s defence minister said that Israel won’t withdraw from lands it occupies in Lebanon, Gaza and Syria, challenging an interim deal that Iran and the United States reached hours earlier that includes opening the Strait of Hormuz and further extending a shaky ceasefire.
Over the past 2 years and a half years, Israel has occupied areas in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria amounting to 1,000 square kilometres (386 square miles) of territory — an area that is slightly smaller than New York City.
Moreover, the Israeli occupation army has continued to launch strikes in Gaza in breach of the ceasefire deal that was reached between Tel Aviv and the Palestinians in October.
Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip have killed over 1,020 Palestinians and wounded thousands since the ceasefire was reached, the Gaza Health Ministry said last week.
UNICEF on Friday said that Israel killed at least 265 Palestinian children had been killed in Gaza, at the rate of one child per day, since the announcement of the ceasefire, describing the truce as a "cruel and deadly illusion" for children living in the territory.
The Israeli genocidal war on Gaza began on Oct. 7, 2023, and has killed 73,018 Palestinians, and over 173,200 people have been wounded, including those killed since the ceasefire, most of them women and children.
Iran is a staunch supporter of the Palestinian cause, making it a cornerstone of its foreign policy since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
During the call, Araghchi "reaffirmed the Islamic Republic's continued support for Palestinians and their just cause until their legitimate national rights are fully realised", according to a transcript reported by Iranian television.
On Tuesday, the Iranian foreign minister accompanied President Masoud Pezeshkian on a visit to neighbouring Pakistan, which has been acting as a mediator in the talks between Tehran and Washington.
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