Iran Rejects Links with Al-Aqsa Storm Operation
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s UN mission dismissed media stories that Tehran had been informed in advance about Hamas's plan to launch the Al-Aqsa Storm surprise operation against the Israeli regime in October 2023.
“While Doha-based Hamas officials have themselves stated that they, too, had no prior knowledge of the operation and that all the planning, decision-making, and directing were solely executed by Hamas’s military wing based in Gaza, any claim attempting to link it to Iran or Hezbollah -either partially or wholly- is devoid of credence and comes from fabricated documents”, the permanent mission of Iran to the United Nations told Newsweek on Saturday.
It came after The New York Times said it has gained secret documents alleging that Iran had been informed about Hamas’s plan for the operation.
Just after the first anniversary of the Al-Aqsa Storm operation, The New York Times, in an article titled "Secret Documents Show Hamas Tried to Persuade Iran to Join Its Oct. 7 Attack," alleged on Saturday that Hamas had sought to persuade Iran and Hezbollah to join in the attack.
In a follow-up statement, the Iranian mission told Newsweek, "We regard the Israeli regime as a mendacious criminal, anti-human entity and place no credence in their illusions. They have a long history of spreading falsehoods, fabricating already-counterfeit documents, and conducting deceptive psychological operations."