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Chairman Mahmoud Abbas aide says Iran told Hamas to use violence in Gaza |
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Tuesday, 19 June 2007 |
Reuters reported an aide to Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud
Abbas said on Monday Iran had encouraged Hamas to use violence to take
control of the Gaza Strip.
"Iran supports non-democratic groups in Palestine, Lebanon and in Iraq
and we hold Iran responsible for encouraging Hamas to carry out its
coup in Gaza," senior Palestinian official Yasser Abed Rabbo said.
"We reject accusations by Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki that the formation of the emergency government is a step that is hostile to democracy. Iran has no right to give us lessons in democracy," Abed Rabbo, a senior Abbas aide, told Reuters.
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