Tehran, Iran – Iran on Thursday rejected a G7 assertion that referred to as on Tehran to cease supporting Hamas militants and taking actions that ‘destabilize’ the Middle East.
Tehran’s remark got here a day after overseas ministers from the G7 group of superior economies, assembly in Tokyo, expressed assist for ‘humanitarian pauses and corridors’ within the Israeli-Hamas conflict.
Israeli airstrikes have pounded the Palestinian territory of Gaza since Hamas gunmen stormed throughout the closely militarized border on October 7 to kill greater than 1,400 individuals, most of them civilians, and seize round 240 hostages, in keeping with Israeli officers.
The subsequent Israeli bombing marketing campaign in Gaza has killed greater than 10,500 individuals, two-thirds of them ladies and youngsters, in keeping with the Hamas-run well being ministry.
The G7 additionally referred to as on Iran to ‘chorus from offering assist for Hamas and taking additional actions that destabilize the Middle East, together with assist for Lebanese Hezbollah and different nonstate actors.’
On Thursday, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanani ‘strongly condemned’ the assertion by the group, made up of the United States, Britain, Germany, Canada, Italy, France and Japan.
He stated Iran has engaged in ‘nonstop efforts to cease army assaults of the Zionist aggressor regime [Israel] on the defenseless residents’ in Gaza.
‘What was anticipated from the assembly of the Group of Seven overseas ministers in Tokyo was to satisfy their worldwide duty, together with condemning the acts of the Zionist regime that violate human rights and worldwide regulation in Gaza.’
Iran, which helps Hamas financially and militarily, has hailed the militant group’s assault on Israel as a ‘success’ however denied any involvement.
President Ebrahim Raisi has stated Iran sees it as ‘its responsibility to assist the resistance teams’ however insisted that they act independently.
Iran doesn’t acknowledge Israel and has made assist for the Palestinian trigger a centerpiece of its overseas coverage for the reason that 1979 Islamic Revolution.