Haniyeh blasts US sanctions against Iran as "cruel"
Haniyeh blasts US sanctions against Iran as "cruel"
M.U.H
23/03/2020696
Hamas Political Bureau Chief Ismail Haniyeh in a phone call with Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif described US sanctions against Iran as cruel and demanded their removal.
Haniyeh congratulated Zarif on new year and expressed sympathy with the Iranian nation over coronavirus outbreak.
Zarif, for his part, stressed the need for ending Gaza siege and the release of Palestinian prisoners of war amid virus spread in the occupied lands.