The story: Following Tehran’s declared backing for the truce in Gaza, Iran’s supreme leader has doubled down on his insistence that a referendum should end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei notably dismissed the notion that the Islamic Republic seeks the expulsion of Jews, underscoring that some African countries which ended colonial rule saw it as “expedient” to keep white settlers.

Khamenei additionally charged that the events since the Palestinian Hamas movement’s surprise attack on Israel on Oct. 7 have collapsed sectarian and ethnic dichotomies which have divided the region. At the same time, Iran has been upping pressure on Muslim countries which...