Iranian Parliament Speaker and Head of the Negotiating Team Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf met with Hamas Shura Council Chairman Muhammad Darwish in the capital Tehran. According to Iranian state television, during the meeting Qalibaf delivered a clear message regarding relations with the US.
Qalibaf said, 'We have no peace with the US and we will not officially recognize Israel.' He stated that they would provide both missile and political support to Muslims and the 'Resistance Front' as needed. Stating that diplomacy must be able to preserve military gains and make them permanent, Qalibaf said, 'The revenge of the martyred imam is the freedom of Jerusalem.'
Hamas Shura Council Chairman Muhammad Darwish, for his part, emphasized that the memorandum of understanding signed between Iran and the US is a victory for the 'Resistance Front.' Darwish said, 'Every clause of the agreement is a victory for Iran and a defeat for the US.'