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The Islamic Republic of Iran officially recognises Palestine as a state. Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of Iran, rejects a two-state solution and implies that Palestine is inseparable, while Iran's former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called for a free referendum for the entire Palestinian population, including Arab citizens of Israel, to determine the type of government in the future ...
In 2009, Hamas banned girls from riding behind men on motor scooters and forbade women from dancing. [18] The Hamas-led government briefly implemented, then revoked, a ban on women smoking in public. [19] In 2010, Hamas banned the smoking of hookah by women in public, stating that it was to reduce the increasing number of divorces. [20]
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in 2012. Since the early 1990s, the Islamic Republic of Iran has been sponsoring Hamas with military aid and training and financial aid. [1] Iran has remained a key patron of Hamas, providing them with funds, weapons, and training. [2] [3] [4]
Part of an Iran-backed regional alliance, the heavily armed Hezbollah has had daily exchanges of fire with Israeli forces along the Israeli-Lebanese frontier since war broke out between Israel and ...
Conflict between Fatah and Hamas began simmering when Hamas won the Palestinian legislative elections in January 2006. Israel and the Quartet—comprising the United States, the European Union, Russia and the United Nations—demanded that the new Hamas government accept all previous agreements, recognize Israel's right to exist, and renounce violence; when Hamas refused, they cut off aid to ...
There is no "direct evidence" that Iran was involved in Hamas' brutal assault on Israel last week, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday in an interview with NBC News.
Hamas officials say they are prepared for any scenario, including a drawn-out war, and that allies like Iran and Lebanon's Hezbollah will join the battle if Israel goes too far.
Religion in Iran has been shaped by multiple religions and sects over the course of the country's history. Zoroastrianism was the main followed religion during the Achaemenid Empire (550-330 BC), Parthian Empire (247 BC-224 AD), and Sasanian Empire (224-651 AD). Another Iranian religion known as Manichaeanism was present in Iran during this period.