Iran has never sought to ‘wipe Israel off the map’ – foreign minister

Abbas Araghchi has also denied that the ‘death to America’ chant is a call to kill Americans

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has denied that Tehran aims to destroy Israel, speaking a month after the two regional rivals engaged in unprecedented hostilities.

“It has never been Iran’s policy to wipe out Israel from the map,” Araghchi told Fox News host Bret Baier in an interview aired on Monday.

He added, however, that Tehran will continue to support pro-Palestinian armed groups. “We believe that these groups – Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis – are fighting for a just cause. We have always supported them, politically and in other ways,”…

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