He said Iran trained Hamas members and also provided them weapons to to fight the Palestinian Authority. Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit echoed similar allegations last week.
Hamas also has rejected al-Tirawi's allegations as "lies." Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman dismissed the allegations saying saying Tehran neither encouraged nor assisted the takeover of Gaza by Hamas.
Meanwhile, there are concerns among ordinary Iranians that their president, Mahmud Ahmadinejad, has been fueling the Middle East crisis in order to distract attention from domestic economic woes.
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