Haniyeh arrives in Tehran for official visit

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Haniyeh arrives in Tehran for official visit
By JPOST.COM STAFF 02/10/2012 19:01

Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh arrived in Tehran Friday afternoon, where he was welcomed at Mehrabad International Airport by Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Salehi. On the agenda for Haniyeh's visit was to meet with Iranian officials and "review regional developments," Iran's Fars news agency reported. Late last month, Hamas spokesman Taher al-Nono said Haniyeh was going to Tehran at the invitation of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

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Haniyeh Arrives in Tehran for Official Trip
Despite attempts to stop him, Hamas' Gaza Prime Minister arrives in Iran, welcomed by foreign minister.
By Elad Benari, Canada
First Publish: 2/10/2012, 11:02 PM

Hamas’ Prime Minister in Gaza, Ismail Haniyeh, arrived in Tehran for an official trip on Friday. The Iranian Fars news agency reported that Haniyeh was welcomed by Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi at Tehran's International Airport. The visit is taking place following an official invitation extended to Haniyeh by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the report noted. Fars also reported that Haniyeh’s visit is taking place despite the desire of certain factions inside Hamas to get close to the Arab Spring and to the Gulf states. The report said that Haniyeh prefers to maintain Hamas’ close relations with Tehran.

The report cited sources in Gaza who said Haniyeh is pushing for a split within Hamas due to his disagreement with the organization’s politburo chief Khaled Mashaal on the way the terror group should conduct itself. Recent reports indicated that a new camp within Hamas is interested in ending the terror group’s relationship with Iran.

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