Muslim nations will foil US-Zionist plan: Irani President

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says unity and resistance of the oppressed Palestinian people and other Muslim nations will definitely lead to the failure of the US-Zionist plan to recognize Jerusalem al-Quds as Israel’s “capital.”

In a phone call with Ismail Haniyeh, the leader of Palestinian resistance movement Hamas, on Monday, Rouhani said the “insulting” move by the US President Donald Trump to recognize Jerusalem al-Quds as Israel’s “capital” was a vicious plan against Palestine and the Muslim world, urging all Muslims to stand against it in unison.

“The Islamic Republic of Iran strongly condemns this US move. This incorrect move further revealed the nature of the US and Zionist regime [of Israel] to the world and showed that they do not want to officially recognize the Palestinian people’s rights at all,” the Iranian president said.

Rouhani called on all Palestinian movements to give a firm response to the Israeli regime and the US.

The US president on Wednesday defied global warnings and said Washington formally recognized Jerusalem al-Quds as the “capital” of Israel and would begin the process of moving its embassy to the occupied city, breaking with decades of American policy.

The announcement prompted harsh international warnings that it would bring more chaos to the Middle East region. Several protests have been held in many countries over the past days against the US and Israel.