TEHRAN: Iranian Foreign Minister in a phone conversation with his French counterpart on Saturday called for “practical steps” by Paris to end the genocide in the Gaza Strip.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, speaking to French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna, said practical measures are required to stop the killing of civilian population in the Gaza Strip, facilitate the delivery of humanitarian help, halt forced migration, and leave the future of Palestine to the Palestinian people themselves, his office added.
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The telephone call came amid heightened tensions in the region, especially between Hezbollah and Israel following the former launched a barrage of rockets on an Israeli army bases on Saturday. Hezbollah said the assault was a response to Israel’s killing a top Hamas leader Saleh al-Arouri in Beirut.
Iranian Foreign Minister Amir-Abdollahian said the only way to stop the expansion of the war in the region and to establish peace is to focus on the root of the issue and solve it. Referring to the heavy death toll in Gaza, Iran’s Foreign Minister held the US and Israel responsible for it.
Colonna denounced the bombings that came on the 4th anniversary of the death of Gen. Qassem Soleimani.
