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Iranian military commander: Cut oil exports to Israel`s supporters
By News Agencies
Tags: Iran, Israel News, Hamas 

An Iranian military commander called on Islamic countries to cut oil exports to Israel's supporters, the official IRNA news agency reported on Sunday.

IRNA, giving only his last name, quoted commander Bagherzadeh as saying oil was "one of the powerful elements of pressure" on Israel's Western backers in the "unequal war" faced by Palestinians in Gaza.



"Pointing at Westerners' dependence on the Islamic countries' oil and energy resources, he (Bagherzadeh) called for cutting the export of crude oil to the Zionist regime's supporters the world over," IRNA said.

Also on Sunday, the speaker of Iran's parliament was quoted as saying Gaza will become Israel's graveyard.

The Zionists faced the powerful resistance of the zealous Palestinians...the Zionists should know that Gaza will become their graveyard," Mehr News Agency quoted speaker Ali Larijani as telling parliament.

Larijani's comments were the first reaction by a senior Iranian figure to Israel's offensive into Gaza, echoing Hamas' warning that the coastal strip will become a graveyard for Israeli soldiers.



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