Iran rejects G7 calls to stop supporting Hamas

Iran rejects G7 calls to stop supporting Hamas

TEHRAN: Iran on Thursday rejected a G7 statement which called on Tehran to stop supporting Hamas militants and taking actions that "destabilise" the Middle East.
Tehran comment came a day after foreign ministers from the G7 group of advanced economies, meeting in Tokyo, expressed support for "humanitarian pauses and corridors" in the Israeli-Hamas war.
Israeli air strikes have pounded the Palestinian territory of Gaza since Hamas gunmen stormed across the heavily militarised border on October 7 to kill more than 1,400 people, most of them civilians, and seize around 240 hostages, according to Israeli officials.