Iran’s top diplomat says a proposal by US President Donald Trump to move Palestinians out of the war-battered Gaza Strip represents a threat to stability and security in the Middle East.
“Forcibly displacing Palestinians from Gaza is part of a scheme to eliminate Palestine in a colonial manner,” Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says in a call with his Egyptian counterpart Badr Abdelatty, according to an Iranian statement.
Trump’s proposal for the United States to take over Gaza and relocate its inhabitants was first unveiled on Tuesday during a White House meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, sparking widespread condemnation.
The war in Gaza was sparked by the October 7, 2023, onslaught on Israel by Iran-backed terror groups Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
Araghchi says Trump’s plan “poses a serious threat to the stability and security” in the region.
The US president has suggested that Gazans could resettle in Egypt or Jordan. Both governmenst have strongly rejected such a move.
According to Araghchi, “it is essential that Islamic countries take a firm and unified stance against this project.”
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