Iran denied Monday any direct involvement with the deadly Hamas terror assault on Israel over the weekend, pushing back on growing suspicion that the Gaza-based militant group must have had significant help to execute such a well-coordinated attack.
The denials from Iran’s mission to the United Nations came after a Wall Street Journal report, citing senior Hamas and Hezbollah officials, said Iranian security officials helped plan the attack.
“The resolute measures taken by Palestine constitute a wholly legitimate defense against seven decades of oppressive occupation and heinous crimes committed by the illegitimate Zionist regime,” the Iranian U.N. mission said in a statement, according to the country’s state-run Fars News Agency. U.S. officials have said that they so far have not seen evidence that Iran was involved in the planning or execution of the attack itself.
“There’s a long relationship between Iran and Hamas. In fact, Hamas wouldn’t be Hamas without the support that it’s gotten over many years from Iran,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken told ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday.
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