Iran on Tuesday strongly rejected allegations of Tehran's financial assistance to resistant Palestinian groups, including the Islamic Jihad. The reaction came from Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi when asked by IRNA to comment on a recent report of the Washington Institute for Foreign Policy Watch, which claimed Iranian financial assistance to resistance groups in Lebanon was funneled to Palestinian groups. "Iran, based on its fundamental and transparent support of the Palestinian cause, backs the genuine ideals of the Palestinian people for freeing their lands from the Zionist regime's occupation, but it strongly rejects any (allegations of) financial assistance to Palestinian groups, including the Islamic Jihad movement," he said. "Allegations of this type are made by pro-Israeli groups in America in order to deviate the world public attention from the ongoing terrorist and ruthless actions of the Israeli regime against the oppressed Palestinian people."
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