Iran's IRGC slams efforts for two-state solution to Israel-Palestine conflict, condemns killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh
'These satanic efforts are prescribing a two-state solution to end the Palestinian issue,' the IRGC said in a statement, marking the first anniversary of the Israeli killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran.
'But the resistance remains firm on the path of martyr Haniyeh and others,' reports Iran International.
Stating that the solution lies not in compromise but active resistance, the IRGC, quoting a Hamas slogan attributed to Haniyeh declared 'We don't recognise Israel – never, never, never.'
A two-state solution was discussed in a UN session in New York from July 28-30, 2025, aimed at resolving the conflict.
The conference, co-chaired by France and Saudi Arabia, aimed to revitalise efforts towards a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians, with a focus on achieving a just and lasting peace.
However, Iran's long-held position on the matter refuses to recognise any form of compromise on the issue, and has called for the creation of a sovereign Palestine from the ashes of Israel.
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had called for the total destruction of the Jewish state within 25 years back in 2015.
The IRGC's statement described Tel Aviv's war with Hamas in Gaza as a full-fledged genocide, claiming that it was carried out with the broader aim of seizing the strategic and resource-rich regions of the Islamic world.
'Those who engineered the genocide in Gaza are undoubtedly pursuing larger goals—the swallowing of the Muslim world's rich and strategic regions,' it said.
'But with God's help, the breaking of global silence and the surge of anti-Zionist international protest will shatter the hopes and ambitions of the Zionist-American criminal band, which must now await the unmasking of its hidden fate.'
It also condemned the killing of Haniyeh in Tehran, which occurred while he was in the city for Iran's presidential inauguration.
The IRGC credited continued Palestinian resistance to what it called the legacy of Haniyeh and other slain leaders of the anti-Israel struggle.
'The Aqsa Storm was not a passing event but a strategic doctrine sealed by the blood of martyrs,' it said, referencing the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack on Israel.
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