TEHRAN
\nStressing that Hamas is at the height of popularity today, Iran\u2019s foreign minister said the US and the Israeli regime are unable to eliminate the Palestinian resistance movement.
\nSpeaking to reporters in Moscow on Tuesday at the end of the 12th annual summit of the foreign ministers of the five Caspian Sea littoral states, Caspian Five, Hossein Amirabdollahian advised Washington and the Tel Aviv regime against trying to eliminate the Palestinian resistance from the Gaza Strip.
\n\u201cThe US and the Zionist regime are incapable of either eliminating Hamas and the resistance or making decisions instead of the people of Palestine and Gaza,\u201d the Iranian top diplomat said.
\nThe remarks came amid an October 7-present war by the Israeli regime against the Gaza Strip, which has enjoyed all-out political and military support from the US.
\nIsraeli and American officials have suggested throughout the war that the coastal sliver might not be ruled by the Palestinian resistance movement of Hamas in the aftermath of the military campaign.
\nThe movement, which has been ruling the territory since 2006 on the back of its victory in democratic elections, has, however, vowed to withstand the campaign, saying it can defend the territory despite the ferocious onslaught for months.
\nHamas \u201cis at the height of popularity today,\u201d Amirabdollahian said, adding, \u201cThe resistance has a high capability to withstand this situation for months and continue its daytime and nighttime (retaliatory) attacks against the Zionists\u2019 atrocities.\u201d
\nThe United States thinks it can make decisions instead of the Palestinian people for the manner of post-war Gaza\u2019s management, he said, Press TV reported.
\nThe Iranian official advised Washington, though, to stop carrying on with its \u201cstrategic mistake,\u201d saying, \u201cLeave Palestine to Palestinians, and (thus) avoid another great regional defeat for America, especially on the verge of (the US\u2019s) presidential elections.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
TEHRAN Stressing that Hamas is at the height of popularity today, Iran\u2019s foreign minister said the US and the Israeli regime are unable to eliminate the Palestinian resistance movement. Speaking to reporters in Moscow on Tuesday at the end of the 12th annual summit of the foreign ministers of the five Caspian Sea littoral states, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":372809,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-372776","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n