Iran’s president meets senior Palestinian officials in Damascus and expresses his country’s support of them as Tehran and Syria sign a series of agreements.
Among the Palestinians in attendance was Islamic Jihad leader Ziad Nakhaleh, who is based in Syria, and Khalil al-Hayya, a senior member in the Gaza-ruling Hamas.
According to a statement from Raisi’s office, the Iranian president urges Muslims to “use all their capacities to achieve the violated rights of Palestine and the freedom of the holy Quds [Jerusalem].”
“Today more than ever, the unity and cohesion of the resistance forces, the region and the Islamic world is necessary to accelerate the defeat of the Zionist regime and the liberation of the holy Quds and the sovereignty of the Palestinians over their destiny,” Raisi is quoted as saying.
He adds: “We consider the collapse of the Zionist Regime, whose effects are visible, to be very close.”
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