Iran has offered to help finance the Palestinian Authority under a government run by the militant group Hamas, Iranian state radio reported on Wednesday.
Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, announced the offer after a meeting with the political leader of Hamas in Tehran.
The offer came after the United States and European Union said they would halt hundreds of millions in funding to Hamas unless the group rejects violence and accepts the existence of Israel.
"The United States proved that it would not support democracy after it cut its aid to the Palestinian government after Hamas won the elections," the radio report quoted Larijani as saying.
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Wednesday, February 22, 2006
just another tick in bush's eye
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