Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a telephone conversation on Tuesday evening with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas reiterated Iran's support for the Palestinians' right to self-determination and the formation of an independent state of their own with the city of al-Quds as its capital.

Iran PressIran news: Zarif also condemned the American plan of the "Deal of the Century" in the phone call, saying Iran was trying to prevent such conspiracies against the Palestinian people with its future policies.

The Iranian Foreign Minister also emphasized Tehran's support for efforts to achieve national reconciliation among Palestinians.

For his part, the head of the Palestinian Authority briefed Zarif on the Palestinians' stance on the American plot and future political moves to achieve an international consensus aimed at overturning the plan.

Officials of the Islamic Republic of Iran have repeatedly stressed that Iran will and will stand with the Palestinian people and the heroic resistance on the Gaza Strip.

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