“The visit is positive and the meetings with the Iranians were warm. Hamas is concerned with Iran’s role as a pivotal country in the region with a long history of supporting the resistance. Hamas does not have to reveal the mechanism and details of the support it receives from any party, or the nature of ties it has with the parties it deals with.”Adnan Abu Amer, “Hamas asks Iran for money, weapons,” Al-Monitor, December 17, 2014, https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2014/12/iran-hamas-repair-ties-with-visit-to-theran.html.
Khaled Qaddoumi, representative in Iran, December 2014
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