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Iran denies Zarif referred to East Jerusalem in phone call with Abbas
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleIran’s foreign ministry is denying the country’s top diplomat referenced East Jerusalem in a phone call yesterday with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi writes on Twitter that Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said “Holy Quds” when he spoke with Abbas and not “Eastern Quds.” Al-Quds is the Arabic name for the city.
A statement on the PA’s official Wafa news agency says Zarif voiced support for a Palestinian capital in East Jerusalem while phoning Abbas to condemn Trump’s peace plan.
Iran does not recognize Israel and many of its leader have called for the Jewish state’s destruction.
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