"They want us to recognise the Israeli occupation and cease resistance but, as the representative of the Palestinian people and in the name of the entire world's freedom seekers, I am announcing from Azadi Square in Tehran that we will never recognise Israel," Ismail Haniya said. "The resistance will continue until all Palestinian land, including Al-Quds (Jerusalem), has been liberated and all the refugees have returned," he said. Haniya's reiteration of Hamas's long-held stance was made on the occasion of Iran's commemoration of its 1979 Islamic revolution. The Gaza leader spoke to an estimated crowd of 30,000 from a stage alongside Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. "The Iranian people are a partner in this victory," Haniya said. "God willing, we will meet you along with other Palestinians in a free Palestine, in its capital Al-Quds," he said.