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A senior Iranian official pledged to provide financial support to a Hamas-controlled Palestinian Authority, which is already in budget trouble and facing more aid cuts. The United States and Israel say Iran already helps to finance Hamas, though the Iranians deny it. European Union and United Nations officials are talking about seeing the Hamas government's program before cutting off money. Mahmoud Zahar, the leader of the Hamas faction in parliament, said, there is an intention by all factions to participate in the coming government, including the brothers in Fatah.