Iran welcomes Palestinians ‘unmatched victory,’ forcing Israel to surrender

Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi commended Palestinians in the Gaza Strip for their achieving “unmatched victory” in the face of the Israeli regime, which has been waging a ferocious war of genocide against the coastal sliver for the past 15 months.

News ID: 5811

Date: 19 January 2025 - 09:18

TABNAK, Jan 19: The top diplomat made the remarks during a phone call on Saturday with Secretary-General of Gaza’s Islamic Jihad resistance movement, Ziad al-Nakala.

The former considered Palestinians’ victorious resistance to have been behind the regime’s recent approval of a ceasefire with Gaza’s resistance groups.

The Israeli regime’s so-called “security cabinet” approved the ceasefire deal between Tel Aviv and the Palestinian resistance movements in Gaza on Friday.

The cabinet lent its approval to the agreement, paving the way for its potential endorsement by the regime’s full cabinet, which agreed to the deal on Saturday.

Upon initiation of its potential implementation on Sunday, the phased-out deal would begin with a six-week truce and could eventually end the brutal military onslaught that has so far claimed the lives of at least 46,788 Palestinians, mostly women and children.

The Gaza-based resistance movement Hamas has already approved the deal, hailing the Palestinian fighters and civilians for their overcoming the regime’s aggression and prompting it to fail to achieve any of its wartime goals.

Araghchi also underlined the Islamic Republic’s “principled and constant position” of rendering support for the Palestinian cause of liberation from Israeli occupation and aggression, and Palestinians’ legitimate and legal right to stage resistance against Zionist occupiers.

For his part, Nakhala provided Araqchi with a report on the latest field developments in the Palestinian territory.

He also expressed gratitude towards Tehran for its “brave stances and instances of support.”

The resistance official finally underscored Palestinians’ insistence on keeping up serious resistance towards rehabilitating their human and legal rights, and realizing their right to self-determination.