Iran: USA must end the Gaza war
Published: Monday, Jan 15th 2024, 14:10
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According to Iran, it has called on the USA to support an end to the war in Gaza.
"We have informed America in various embassies via Switzerland of the need and warned it to end the war in Gaza," said Foreign Minister Hussein Amirabdollahian in Tehran on Monday. Switzerland represents US interests in Iran, and the two countries have had no diplomatic relations for more than 44 years.
Amirabdollahian warned the USA after attacks on targets of the militant Islamist Huthi movement in Yemen. "America cannot give us and others a message of restraint and at the same time attack Yemen in the Red Sea," said the minister. The Houthi had repeatedly attacked ships on the important sea route to Israel after the start of the Gaza war.
Like the Islamist Hamas in the Gaza Strip and the Lebanese Shiite organization Hezbollah, the Houthi in Yemen are part of the so-called "Axis of Resistance", a network in the fight against Israel. The Jewish state has been Iran's declared arch-enemy since the Islamic Revolution of 1979.
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