Amir Abdollahian in Doha for talks over ties, Palestine

February 12, 2024 - 22:15

TEHRAN- Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian arrived on Monday in the Qatari capital, Doha, on the third leg of a regional tour that is centered on ways to settle the crises and issues in Gaza.

Prior to his visit to Qatar, his regional tour had taken him to Lebanon and Syria.

Iran’s top diplomat held talks with senior Qatari officials about a range of issues, including cooperation between Tehran and Doha.

Like the talks in Beirut and Damascus, the main topics of the Iranian foreign minister’s meetings with Qatari authorities focused on the developments in Palestine and ways to end the brutal Israeli onslaught against Gaza.

The necessary groundwork for establishing a permanent ceasefire, halting the attacks and crimes of the Zionist regime, and the urgent need to provide assistance to the people of Gaza were among the most important topics of discussions that took place between Abdollahian and Qatari officials.

In a meeting between Amir Abdollahian and the Qatari Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, they both talked about the ongoing onslaught on the Gazans. 

“Israeli regime doomed to die if U.S. stops supports”

During a meeting with about 15 officials from different Palestinian groups in the Syrian capital Damascus on Sunday, Iran’s foreign minister noted that the Tel Aviv regime would fall if the U.S. officials put a moratorium on all kinds of support.   

“The Israeli regime totally collapsed after Operation Al-Aqsa Storm, and if it were not for the U.S.’s all-out meddling in the field in support of the Zionist regime and its efforts to resurrect and save it, this collapse would have been completely visible,” Amir Abdollahian pointed out. 

He went on to add that “the Israeli regime and the U.S. government achieved none of their declared goals since the beginning of the war on Gaza and that they are now forced to hold political talks with Hamas, whom Tel Aviv and Washington called for its demise.”

Abdollahian also said that the struggle and resilience of the resistance groups, as well as the sacrifices of people in Gaza and the West Bank, and the practical unity of the Axis of Resistance in solidarity with Palestine helped the nation defeat the occupying regime.

In addition, he hailed the support provided for the Palestinians by the resistance factions in Lebanon, Yemen, Iraq and Syria, along with independent and brave governments and nations.

“Today, the Palestinian issue has become the foremost issue of the world. The October 7 Operation Al-Aqsa Storm showed that Palestine is alive and that it will not surrender to the will of the Zionist regime and oppressive powers, including the U.S. government,” he added.

Amir Abdollahian underscored that Tehran does believe the Palestinian leaders are able to find a solution on the basis of their nations’ interests and the international community.

He then called for unity among Palestinians, saying, “If you are united, the world will submit to your will.”

“What helped Palestine defeat the Israeli regime until this moment is the trust in God and the Gazans’ resilience and sacrifice, as well as the support of the Axis of Resistance.”

For their part, the Palestinian officials stressed that the resistance movement as well as the Palestinian people have dealt devastating blow to the regime in spite of the rising number of martyrs and sprawling destruction of the Gaza Strip.     

The leaders also said that the Gaza war is not a kind of clash and fight between Hamas and the Israeli regime, describing it as an unfair faceoff between the oppressed Palestinian nation and the Zionist regime and its supporters.

Palestinian officials lauded Tehran’s stance and position in advocating the Palestinian issue, calling it as “outstanding, distinct, practical and real.”

The ongoing war is one of a string of battles that the Palestinians have had against the occupiers, the officials said, vowing to press ahead with their heroic struggle until the “complete liberation” of Palestine.

Israel has achieved little of substance in its incursion into the Gaza Strip since the last four months but the valiant Palestinian nation has won the battle with faith in divine assistance.

There is nothing left of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s regime as it has found itself in a quagmire.

Israel waged the genocidal war on the besieged Gaza Strip on October 7 after Hamas carried out Operation Al-Aqsa Storm against the occupying regime in retaliation for its increased atrocities against the Palestinian people.

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