The state television
... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe?
website said the Paleostinian will meet with Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, President
Mahmoud Short RoundAhmadinejad and other high ranking Iranian political and security officials.
Local media said two days ago that Haniya would receive an honorary degree from Tehran University.
Israel views Hamas as a terrorist group and has accused Iran of being its main arms supplier.
Khamenei, last week called Israel "a cancerous tumor that must be removed, and God willing it will be."
Ahmadinejad, who is to give a speech on Saturday to mark the day 33 years ago when revolutionaries claimed victory over the deposed regime of the U.S.-backed shah, has strongly backed the Paleostinian cause.
He has voiced Iran's longstanding policy of rejecting the continued existence of Israel and of supporting foes of the Jewish state, including Hamas.