Iran president calls for "united Islamic front" against Israel

Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi has called for forming a "united front of Muslim countries" against Israel and in support of Palestine in a phone call with his Algerian counterpart, Abdelmadjid Tebboune.

He called for the expansion of ties between the two nations, and commended their "shared approach to regional and global issues, especially in relation to the issue of Palestine," the president's official website quoted Raisi on April 9 as saying.

On the same day, Raisi told his Syrian counterpart, Bashar Al-Assad, in a phone call that the international balance of power is changing in favour of “the axis of resistance” and to the detriment of “global arrogance and Zionism”.

Raisi adduced the alleged “crimes of the Zionist regime” as further evidence of its impending collapse, adding that Iran will “take revenge on the Zionist regime” for its bombardments of targets in Syria, according to The Algemeiner.

Addressing a cabinet meeting on April 9, Raisi again highlighted the "need for convergence in the Islamic world to defend the oppressed Palestinian nation".

He added that the "resistance front", referring to Iran and its allies, will benefit from the "new world order and the disintegration of the Zionist society".

Israel has conducted numerous aerial raids in Syria, typically targeting Iran-aligned terrorists and weapon convoys bound for Hezbollah, a Lebanon-based proxy of Iran and an antisemitic terrorist organization sworn to Israel’s destruction.

In remarks on April 10, Iranian Army Commander Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi dismissed the recent “Israeli” statements about the readiness of “Israel” to attack Iran even without support from the US.

“The Zionist entity which is drowning and whose signs of collapse have become clearer than ever is too small to be considered a threat to the Islamic Republic of Iran,” the Army chief added.