TEHRAN, Dec 7: Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh arrived in Tehran on Thursday for talks with top officials in the Islamic state, a key financial backer of his Hamas government.
Haniyeh, who is on a foreign tour which also included Syria, will meet Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during a four-day visit to Iran, the Iranian presidential official said.
Iran, which like Hamas refuses to recognise the state of Israel, has given Haniyeh's government $120 million to make up for a shortfall when Western governments cut off aid to the Palestinian Authority led by the Palestinian Islamic group.
Iran's support for the Palestinians has grown more vocal since Ahmadinejad came to power in August 2005.—Reuters
