Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi spoke by phone Wednesday with senior Hamas official Basem Naim, the Iranian state news agency Tasnim reported. Araghchi said Iran is raising what he described as 'the ongoing aggression of the occupiers against Gaza, continued violations, and ongoing acts of annihilation' at international forums and in talks with mediators and the US.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi spoke by phone Wednesday evening with senior Hamas official Basem Naim, according to the Iranian state news agency Tasnim. Araghchi told Naim that Iran is raising what he termed 'the ongoing aggression of the occupiers against Gaza, continued violations, and continued acts of annihilation' at international forums and in talks with mediators and the US. The call follows a sequence of reports The Zioneer has tracked since Tuesday night, June 23: at 23:08 Jerusalem, the first version reported that Naim thanked Iran for the ceasefire and requested continued support; a second, simultaneous version added Araghchi's specific language about Israeli 'genocide' and 'aggression' raised with mediators and the US; and a third, also at 23:08, broadened the claim to say the allegations were raised in all talks including with the US — the current update adds the 'occupiers' framing and confirms Araghchi directed it to Naim directly.
The thread has evolved from an unconfirmed channel report (first version, citing a channel tracking Iranian news) to a Tasnim report corroborated by Israeli journalist Asaf Rozentzweig (N12) — moving from a secondary source to a direct state news agency account. The shift from 'Israel' to 'occupiers' in the current version may reflect an intentional rebranding of the language attributed to Araghchi, though the source remains Tasnim.
As The Zioneer previously reported, Araghchi has been engaging in a diplomatic flurry in recent days, speaking with counterparts from Qatar, France, Russia, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia. The call with a Hamas leader — a designated terrorist organization by Israel and the US — signals continued coordination between Tehran and the group amid the Gaza war and ongoing regional tensions.
It remains unclear what specific outcomes or agreements, if any, resulted from the call. Neither Iran nor Hamas has provided additional details about the conversation, and no independent confirmation of the content beyond Tasnim's account has emerged. The precise timing of the call within Wednesday evening has not been specified.
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