Iran Calls for Muslim Solidarity on Palestinian Issue

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Iran Calls for Muslim Solidarity on Palestinian Issue

Iran on Sunday appealed to the Muslim world to strengthen solidarity and coordination on the ongoing Palestinian crisis, the official IRNA news agency reported.

Iran on Sunday appealed to the Muslim world to strengthen solidarity and coordination on the ongoing Palestinian crisis, the official IRNA news agency reported.

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei made the call in an address to Muslim states' ambassadors in Iran and Iranian officials after the mass prayers to celebrate Eid al-Fitr, the feast marking the end of the Islamic holy fasting month of Ramadan on Sunday.

Khamenei said that the Palestinian issue is the most basic problem of the world of Islam, which "is in dire need of solidarity and coordination."

The pressures Zionists and their supporters are currently exerting on the Palestinian nation are the result of the heavy blow the Palestinian movement and uprising have dealt to them, he said.

The Iranian supreme leader stressed that the destiny of Muslim states is linked with the Palestinian issue and they should maintain unity and the sense of Islamic power and abide by their duty to render support for Palestine.

The situation in the occupied Palestinian territories has recently worsened as the Israeli army launched rounds of military strikes against Palestinian targets to avenge a wave of Palestinian suicide bombing attacks.

Iran, which does not recognize Israel, firmly supports the Palestinians' struggle for regaining their legitimate rights.

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