Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said during his reception of Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi, on Sunday evening, that Israel made a mistake by assassinating the head of the political bureau of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, stressing that “this step will not go unanswered.”

The Iranian presidency stated that Pezeshkian discussed with Safadi the relations between the two countries and the developments in the region and the world, while the Iranian President expressed his hope to speed up the completion of the talks to resume relations between Iran and Jordan.

Pezeshkian considered the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh by Israel in Tehran as a “big mistake”, indicating that “Iran expects all Islamic countries and countries that demand freedom to condemn such crimes”, noting that “the assassination of Haniyeh while he was a guest in Tehran is a violation of international law and we hope the world will condemn it”.

In another part of the meeting, the Iranian president expressed his hope that the diplomatic n
egotiations on resuming Iranian-Jordanian relations would be faster, noting that “the return of diplomatic relations will also benefit the countries of the region from this constructive friendship”.

Pezeshkian said, “The axis of Iran’s foreign policy and the fourteenth government is to expand and strengthen peace, calm and stability in the region and the world”.

For his part, the Iranian presidency website quoted Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi as saying that “Jordan seeks to resume relations with the Islamic Republic and the joint effort to achieve stability and security”, indicating that “the aggression The Zionist regime’s brutal assault on Gaza has been strongly condemned from the very beginning.”

The Jordanian Foreign Minister also referred to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s efforts to expand the conflict in the region, referring to the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh.

Source: National Iraqi News Agency