Hamas leader opens Iranian support pool
Iranian claims of support are false, Musa Abu Marzouq
Musa Abu Marzouq, deputy head of the political bureau of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas, has sharply criticized Iran, denying that the Tehran government has offered any support to Hamas, especially since 2009. According to the Arabic daily Al-Sharq al-Awsat, the revelation came in a recently released recording in which Hamas leaders were talking to someone.
At the beginning of the recording, Abu Marzouq commented on Iran-Russia relations, saying, "It is true that at the moment they are trying to make agreements and alliances with Russia. This is all Iranian machinations and we are victims of this machinations." "
Referring to support for Hamas, he said: "The story is not the way it is told. These people are the ones who play with the most words. Nothing has come of them since almost 2009. Whatever they claim is a lie, whatever happened to our loved ones was not from them (Iran). Through efforts ... they (Iran) have not presented anything in this regard and everything they say is a lie. "
Abu Marzouq clarified that for support, Iran had made it a condition that Hamas, through its intervention, improve the Tehran government's relations with Sudan and other countries.
Explaining Iran's misrepresentation of sending ships to Hamas in Gaza, he said: "Every ship that has come to us since 2011 has been lost to them. About a ship that went missing in Nigeria. I told him that he was going to you. I asked him, "Do we blow the whistle that the ship misses or every ship that is caught is sent to us."
Regarding the Iranian intervention in Yemen, Abu Marzouq said, "They killed God's servants because of their secret affairs and the way they dealt with the people."
Commenting on the leaked recording, Hamas sources told Al-Sharq Al-Awsat that it is well known that Iran has stopped supporting Hamas since the Syrian crisis due to differences. In the past, however, it has at times offered limited support to the military wing of the movement, but not on a large or permanent basis.
According to these sources, Hezbollah has tried and is still trying to mediate between Hamas and Iran, but it is clear that the differences and the gulf are still deep. The main reason for this is Iran's multifaceted conditions in which it demands a declaration from Hamas on a number of political issues and perspectives.
Al-Sharq Al-Awsat reports on the beginning of a new mediation between Hezbollah and Iran and Hamas. The move comes after Iran failed to persuade Hamas to back its anti-Saudi stance. In return for its support, Iran offered to restore ties and provide full financial support.
Hezbollah deputy chief Naeem Qasim had invited Musa Abu Marzouq, a member of Hamas' political bureau, to visit Lebanon. The purpose was to meet with senior Iranian officials, including Revolutionary Guards officers who are permanently in Beirut to co-operate with Hezbollah on the ongoing operations in Syria.
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