Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi asserted on Thursday that Israel "has not achieved any of its goals" during the ongoing war with Hamas, which has lasted for more than 40 days. The official IRNA news agency reported Raisi stating, "If we want to analyze 40 days into the war, it is that the enemy has been defeated. With the temporary ceasefire, we must say that the Palestinian people and the resistance have achieved a great victory."
He added that following Hamas's attack on Israel on October 7, which led to the outbreak of war, "the Zionists declared that they would occupy Gaza and that they wanted to destroy the resistance, but they have not achieved either of these goals." Raisi once again accused "America and the West of supporting the Israelis with all their might." Noting that his country does not recognize the existence of Israel and supports the Palestinian Hamas movement and the Lebanese Hezbollah, Raisi emphasized that "today is the day of the victory of dignity over the devil, and everyone can celebrate it."
