Cairo: The deputy chief of Palestinian movement Hamas has said on Monday Iran is alienating Arab public opinion by its support for the Syrian regime.
“Iran’s position in the Arab world, it’s no longer a good position,” Mussa Abu Marzuk, whose movement’s politburo had been based in Damascus, said during a briefing to reporters at his new headquarters in the Egyptian capital.
“It has to address its position, so as not to lose public opinion,” he said.
Hamas relocated its leadership from Damascus to Qatar and Egypt after a rift with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad over his brutal crackdown on the revolt against his regime that began in March last year, AFP reported.
As a result, his Islamic movement is no longer as close to Tehran, which supplies weapons to Palestinian militants, as it once was.
“Iran asked Hamas to adopt a closer position to Syria. Hamas refused, and this has affected our relationship with Iran,” Abu Marzuk said.
Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal confirmed last week that Iran “had a role in arming” the movement’s militants in Gaza during their eight-day conflict with Israel, and thanked Tehran, despite the disagreement over support for Assad.
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