FM to make regional tour to Iraq, Lebanon discuss Palestine developments

Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian will embark on a regional tour that will take him to Iraq and Lebanon to discuss the large-scale military operation by the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas against Israel.

Amir-Abdollahian is scheduled to leave Tehran for Baghdad on Thursday and he will then depart for Beirut to hold talks with officials of the two Arab countries on mutual relations and leading developments in the region, particularly Palestinians' battle against Israel, known as Operation al-Aqsa Storm.

Since the beginning of the operation on Saturday, Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi and the foreign minister have held several phone conversations with their counterparts, especially those from Muslim countries.

They have called on all the Muslim states to reinforce unity and support the Palestinian people in the face of Israel's criminal acts. They have also stressed the importance of putting an immediate end to the Israeli regime's brutal attacks against the Palestinians and called on the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to convene an emergency session.

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