Iran rejects Zionist regime’s arms cargo claim
An Iranian deputy foreign minister has rejected Zionist regime’s allegation that Tehran has sent missiles to the blockaded Gaza Strip.
According to Press TV, Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hussein Amir-Abdollahian said on Wednesday that the allegation that a ship boarded from Iran en route to Gaza with advanced rockets is basically unfounded.
In Gaza, Palestinian resistance movements of Hamas and Islamic Jihad also rejected the accusation.
Hamas Interior Ministry called the Zionist regime’s claim a dangerous move aimed at justifying the seven-year blockade on the Gaza Strip.
Zionist regime earlier claimed that its naval forces had raided a ship in the Red Sea and seized dozens of rockets from Iran destined for Hamas in Gaza.
Gaza remains under a crippling blockade which has been in place for over seven years. The closure in effect cuts off the populated sliver from the rest of the world, turning the densely populated strip -- home to some 1.7 million Palestinians -- into the largest open-air prison in the world. The crippling siege has also caused a decline in the standards of living, unprecedented levels of unemployment, and unrelenting poverty.
Source: irib.ir
