Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on Iran’s involvement in the Israel-Palestine conflict | NPR

Oct 31, 2023 | Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian sat down with NPR’s Steve Inskeep to discuss how Israel’s intensifying military campaign in Gaza is raising the specter of a broader regional war involving Iran-allied groups.

"If this situation continues, and women and children and civilians are still killed in Gaza and the West Bank, anything will be possible," Abdollahian said.

The U.S. State Department says Iran has long provided weapons and support for Hamas. Ali Barakeh, a senior Hamas official based in Beirut has said that Iran provided "help and support" for its Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel where Israeli authorities say the group killed more than 1,400 people and took some 220 hostages.

Iran's warning comes as Israeli military operations have killed more than 7,000 Palestinians, according to health officials in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, and displaced more than a million others. Israel has acknowledged civilian casualties but contends its aim is to rid the territory of Hamas fighters.

'If Genocide in Gaza Continues, US Will Not Be Spared from This Fire': Iran Foreign Minister at UN

Oct 27, 2023 | Amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas, Iran's foreign minister, Hossein Amirabdollahian, on Thursday warned that if Israel's continued retaliation against Hamas doesn't end, then the "United States will not be spared from this fire."