Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has received a high-ranking delegation from the Palestinian militant group Hamas. Leading members of the Hamas politburo met with Khamenei in Tehran, his office said on Saturday.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei suggested that “there should be no negotiations with such a government,” but stopped short of issuing a direct order not to engage with Washington.

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei met with acting Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya and two other leaders of the Palestinian group in Tehran on Saturday, Iranian state TV reported. "You defeated the Zionist regime [Israel],

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei met with top Hamas officials in Tehran, declaring that the Palestinian resistance had "overcome the Zionist regime and the US" in the war on Gaza. He praised their efforts,