Iran’s Parliament speaker says the existing Western pressure on the country has its roots in the stance adopted by the Tehran government on the Israeli-Palestinian issue. Speaking in a meeting with Hamas political leader Khaled Mashaal late Tuesday, Iranian Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani dismissed the ongoing pressure on the Islamic Republic over its nuclear program [...]

Senior Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal says the movement will not release the captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit unless Tel Aviv agrees to meet the Palestinians’ demands. The head of Hamas’ political bureau on Monday renewed the resistance movement’s call for the release of Palestinian detainees held in Israeli prisons. Referring to a Sunday demonstration in [...]

The Islamic Resistance Movement’s Hamas delegation led by Secretary General of its Political Bureau Khaled Mashaal arrived in Moscow on Monday. From the airport Mashaal and his delegation members went to the Russian Foreign Ministry for talks with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. According to Hamas representative in Lebanon Osama Hamdan who is among the delegation [...]

A Hamas delegation under the head of the movement’s political bureau, Khaled Mashaal, will arrive in Moscow on February 8 to discuss the Palestinian dialogue. “One of the main themes to be discussed will be ways of overcoming the intra-Palestinian split and the resumption of Palestinian-Israeli negotiations,” spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry Andrei Nesterenko [...]

Head of the political bureau of the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas Khaled Mashaal met with Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad in Damascus on Saturday and discussed Palestinian national reconciliation process and efforts have been made in this regard. Assad reaffirmed his concern for Palestinian reconciliation, asserting that he will support any effort that will lead to [...]

Hamas Politburo Chief Khaled Mashaal said that the prisoner exchange deal meant to secure release of soldier Gilad Shalit is being delayed because of “Israel’s stubbornness.” In a press conference held in Yemen, Mashaal said that Hamas will not back down from the demand to release its prisoners and leader.

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh has urged Arab and Muslim leaders to take practical steps to end the Israeli assaults on the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem (al-Quds). On Sunday, Haniyeh, who is the elected prime minister of Palestine, asked Organization of the Islamic Conference Secretary General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu to arrange for an emergency meeting of [...]

Millions of Iranians have taken to the streets across the country to mark the annual Quds Day march in solidarity with Palestinians. The late founder of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, in August 1979 declared the last Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan as al-Quds Day, calling for international rallies in support [...]

Hamas politburo Chief Khaled Mashaal, said his group produces and smuggles weapons despite the Israeli blockade, during a visit to Sudan on Wednesday. “Your brothers in Palestine, despite the blockade and the closing of border passages … despite the fleets from east and west, despite all of this, we buy arms, we manage to produce [...]