Iran Welcomes Palestine Vote as 'Step Forward'
A senior Iranian official on Friday welcomed the upgrading of the Palestinians' status at the United Nations as a "positive step."
The U.N. General Assembly vote to make Palestine a non-member observer state was "a positive and forward step and proves that the Zionist regime is illegitimate," Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian said.
Abdollahian, quoted by the Arabic-language Al-Alam television, said Iran "considers this move to be a preliminary step in the path of Palestinians having full sovereignty over their historical lands which were seized."
Thursday's vote was seen as a major diplomatic defeat for the United States and Israel, a state which Iran does not recognize.
Source: Agence France Presse
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