In a statement on Monday in response to recent claims by Wall Street Journal, Iran’s UN mission said: “We emphatically stand in unflinching support of Palestine; however, we are not involved in Palestine’s response, as it is taken solely by Palestine itself.”

The resolute measures taken by Palestine constitute a wholly legitimate defense against seven decades of oppressive occupation and heinous crimes committed by the illegitimate Zionist regime, the statement read.

“They [the Zionists] are attempting to justify their failure and attribute it to Iran’s intelligence power and operational planning,” it added.