Officials in the Iranian regime have been openly praising Hamas, Iran's Palestinian proxy in the resistance axis, for its success in its October 7, 2023 invasion of southern Israel and massacre of over 1,200 civilians there, which Hamas dubbed the "Al-Aqsa Flood" operation.
Iran expressed four reservations over the Riyadh Declaration of the Arab-Islamic summit on the war in Gaza, despite praising its tone and phrases, said Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani. Iranian media quoted Kanaani as saying: "The resolution approved during the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) meeting in Riyadh, despite having a strong text, has several provisions about which the Islamic Republic of Iran has always expressed reservations in the past."
For the February 11, 2023 celebrations in Iran marking the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, the commander of the IRGC along with his deputy and the IRGC Coordination Department head, gave speeches praising the revolution and Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.