Iran Press/ Iran News: In a message on Sunday, Mohammad Javad Zarif referred Abdullah Shalah's long history of jihad and struggle against the Zionist regime, saying: "He was a brave fighter and national figure in Palestine who spent his life bravely and selflessly on the path of resistance and liberation of Palestine and holy al-Quds."
"Ramadan Abdullah, in addition to being a humble and thoughtful figure who was deeply concerned with the developments in the region and the world, was particularly concerned with strengthening unity among the Palestinian people and groups and the Islamic world," Iranian Foreign Minister added.
Zarif offered his condolences to the Palestinian people, especially to Ziad al-Nakhala, the current Secretary-General of the Islamic Jihad Movement, and to all his comrades in the resistance groups, as well as to his family.
"The Palestinian people and Iran, in particular, will remain a symbol of resistance and struggle," Zarif concluded.
Ramadan Abdullah Shalah, the former secretary-general of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad Movement, died last night at the age of 62 after a long illness, Al-Manar News Network reported.
Being a professor of economics at the University of Gaza, he was one of the founders of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad Movement.
Shalah was the secretary-general of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad between 27 October 1995 and 2018.
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