Tehran. Iran has made it clear that it will not directly enter the Israel-Hamas war. Russia says that it wants to avoid a major war in the area. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei reportedly told Hamas chief Ismail Haniya earlier this month that since Tehran was not informed in advance of the devastating October 7 terrorist attack, it could not stop Israel from Will not participate in the war against.
On Wednesday, a media report citing ‘three senior officials’ claimed that Khamenei had told Haniya that although Iran would provide political support to Hamas, it would not directly intervene in the fighting.The Iranian leader also reportedly asked Haniya to silence those voices in Hamas that are calling for Iran and its proxy terrorist group Hezbollah to directly engage in the war against Israel with full force. The report says that Hezbollah is also frightened by this massacre.
Reuters quoted an unnamed commander of the Lebanese extremist group as saying that ‘we have become aware of a war.’On the other hand, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Moscow does not believe that Iran, Lebanon or Hezbollah want the Israel-Palestine war to turn into a major regional conflict.
There are concerns that fighting between Israel and the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas could lead to a wider war in the Middle East. Israel’s defense minister has threatened to bomb the Lebanese capital Beirut, similar to Israel’s campaign in Gaza, while some Americans have called for an attack on Iran.
