Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian affirmed his country’s readiness to respond “stronger and more severely if Israel responds to Tehran’s missile attack on Tuesday.” He said in a press conference with the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, in Doha, on Wednesday evening: “We will respond stronger and more severely.” » If Tel Aviv attacks Iranian territory.

Pezeshkian added: “We want Europe and America to stop Israel’s crimes,” but he added: “We want peace and calm, and Israel is forcing us to react.”

The Iranian President added: “They asked us to be patient in responding to the assassination of the head of the Political Bureau of the Hamas movement, Ismail Haniyeh, in Tehran. To give an opportunity for negotiations. He pointed out that “Israel pushed us to respond after targeting our guest, escalating the situation in Lebanon, and continuing attacks in Gaza.”

He explained: “We were forced to respond to Israel. Israel assassinated our guest on our land on the day of my inauguration.”

For his part, the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, warned that the Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip and Lebanon “put the entire region on the brink of abyss, and lead to expanding the circle of violence there.”

The Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, indicated, in the joint press conference with the Iranian President, that “the Iranian President’s visit to Qatar comes within the framework of strengthening relations between the two countries, and we discussed the difficult and delicate circumstances that our region is going through, represented by the aggression against Gaza.” And Al-Aqsa.”

He said, “The recent escalation against Lebanon is what we warned about since the beginning of the aggression against Gaza,” and he continued: “We affirm the continuation of our endeavors and efforts to stop the war in Gaza, and we call on the international community to oblige Israel to stop its aggression against Gaza, and to bear its responsibilities, and we support any effort.” To end the escalation.”

He explained in a press conference with Pezeshkian: “We discussed the difficult and delicate circumstances that our region is going through, represented by the Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, and Al-Aqsa Mosque,” ​​in addition to the fact that “what followed in the last days of another Israeli aggression against Lebanon is still ongoing.” Continuing.”

He added: “We affirm the continuation of our endeavors and efforts to stop the war in Gaza, and we call on the international community to oblige Israel to stop its aggression against Gaza.”

The Emir of Qatar affirmed his country's continued mediation efforts to end the war in Gaza. He said: “We affirm the continuation of our endeavors and efforts in mediation to stop the war in Gaza and release the hostages and detainees despite the complications resulting from the Israeli military escalation.”

Stressing that “the two-state solution and the establishment of an independent Palestinian state on the 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital, is the key to the solution to peace in the region.”

Qatar and Iran signed 6 documents and memorandums of understanding regarding cooperation in various economic, commercial, cultural, educational and sports sectors.