TEHRAN, May 13 (MNA) – The Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said that the Israeli regime sought to cover up its crimes by the recent assassination of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh.

"Targeted assassination of #ShireenAbuAqla, aimed at covering up crimes of the forged Israeli regime," the top Iranian diplomat said in reference to the killing of the Al-Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh in the West Bank in the occupied lands of Palestine in Jenin by the Israeli regime security forces on Wednesday.

According to Amir-Abdollahian, the assassination "illustrates the occupiers’ fear of global awareness of their cruelties & realities in Palestine."

He went on to reiterate that "Palestine is alive & occupation fades away," while calling for the Israeli regime’s impunity to end.

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