Iran's mission to the United Nations responded on Monday to reports that its country was behind the terrorist attacks carried out by Hamas. "We stand by our unrelenting support for Palestine. However, we are not involved in Palestine's response, because it is taken solely by it," the Iranian delegation said.
"The steps taken by Palestine are a legitimate defense against seven decades of oppressive occupation and heinous crimes committed by the illegitimate Zionist regime," the statement said. Israel is trying to justify their failure and attribute it to Iran's intelligence and operational planning force," they added.
Hamas delegation with Iran's supreme leader, photo: AP/Archive
In addition, today's emergency hearing ended without any practical decisions. The United States demanded that all members of the council condemn Hamas' actions. U.S. Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations Robert Wood said after the discussion that a significant number of countries agreed to condemn and left it to reporters to assume which countries refused.
Russia's ambassador to the United Nations, Vassily Nevzia, told The Associated Press that the U.S. claim that Russia refused to condemn Hamas was "incorrect." Nabziyah added that "we condemn attacks on civilians" and stressed the need for a ceasefire and advancing negotiations.
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