Iran’s permanent mission to the United Nations has dismissed reports alleging that Tehran had foreknowledge of last year’s operation by the Palestinian Hamas resistance group, saying Israel is spreading lies as part of its psychological warfare against the Islamic Republic.

According to The Iran Project, The mission made the announcement on Saturday after US media claimed that Israel had gained access to documents that showed Hamas was negotiating with Iran over funding for a planned large-scale attack against the occupying regime as far back as 2021.

“We regard the Israeli regime as a mendacious criminal, anti-human entity and place no credence in their illusions,” the mission said.

“They (the Israelis) have a long history of spreading falsehoods, fabricating already-counterfeit documents, and conducting deceptive psychological operations.”

The US media released what they said to be the minutes of several secret meetings Hamas held in the lead-up to the October 7, 2023, Operation Al-Aqsa Flood meant to persuade Iran and the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah to join in the anti-Israel attack.

They alleged that Yahya Sinwar and other Hamas leaders in the Gaza Strip had written letters to Iranian officials and requested financial assistance for the group, totaling $500 million, paid in monthly installments over two years, as well as training and equipment to support an additional 12,000 fighters.

They also claimed that Hamas had planned to discuss the attack in more detail at a meeting with Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah’s leader at the time, but did not clarify whether the discussion happened.