Iran says ‘world is waiting’ for Trump administration stop to Gaza, Lebanon wars

A handout picture provided by the Saudi Press Agency SPA on November 11, 2024, shows Saudi Deputy Governor of the Riyadh region Prince Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Abdulaziz (CR) welcoming Iran's Vice President Mohammed Reza Aref (CL) upon his arrival in Riyadh ahead of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and the Arab League joint extraordinary leaders summit. (SPA/AFP)
A handout picture provided by the Saudi Press Agency SPA on November 11, 2024, shows Saudi Deputy Governor of the Riyadh region Prince Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Abdulaziz (CR) welcoming Iran's Vice President Mohammed Reza Aref (CL) upon his arrival in Riyadh ahead of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and the Arab League joint extraordinary leaders summit. (SPA/AFP)

Iran’s vice president says the “world is waiting” for Donald Trump’s incoming US government to stop Israel’s wars with Hamas and Hezbollah, while also condemning a series of assassinations of terror leaders blamed on Israel as “organized terrorism.”

“The American government is the main supporter of the actions of the Zionist regime (Israel),” Iran’s First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref tells a joint Arab League and Organisation of Islamic Cooperation summit in Riyadh.

“The world is waiting for the promise of the new government of this country to immediately stop the war against the innocent people of Gaza and Lebanon.”

Since Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attacks triggered the ongoing war in Gaza, Israel has assassinated several senior terror leaders including Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar and Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah’s long-time leader.

Israel is also widely believed to have carried out the killing of former Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in the Iranian capital Tehran.

The “‘targeted killing’ (operations)… are nothing but lawlessness and organized terrorism and turn the security apparatus into a tool to kill leaders and citizens of the countries,” Aref says.

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