Iran FM meets with resistance leaders in Lebanon

The top Iranian diplomat held the meeting on Thursday in the Lebanese capital of Beirut, to which he has traveled following a two-day visit to Syria.

Both sides laid emphasis during the meeting on the need for the liberation of Palestine from Israeli occupation.

The Islamic Republic, the Iranian foreign minister told the resistance leaders, was still committed to its strategy of lending support to the Palestinian nation and resistance and backing Palestine's liberation from occupation.

Amir-Abdollahian, meanwhile, cited Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei as stressing the need for the provision of support for the occupied West Bank -- where the Israeli regime has increased its atrocities since the inauguration of its hard-right cabinet led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

For their part, the Palestinian officials said they considered resistance to be the strategic option for the Palestinian nation.

"There will be no retreat from the resistance's operations in the West Bank," they said, calling the operations a "priority."

Back in June, Iran hosted a delegation of the Gaza Strip-based resistance movements' officials, including the Islamic Jihad's Secretary-General Ziad al-Nakhala, which was being led by Hamas' Politburo Chief, Ismail Haniyeh.