Ali Larijani
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Larijani Ali Larijani
Ali Larijani, the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, referring to the Palestinian Authority, said that they will definitely help this government financially in order to resist America's cruelty. He spoke in Tehran after meeting with the senior Hamas leader, Khaled Meshal, but provided no details or figures about what kind or level of support oil-affluent Iran would give. Mr. Larijani said on Wednesday that America showed that it is not after democracy in the region after it cut its financial aid to Palestine even after Hamas was elected by popular vote. The United States has not yet cut its aid, but has announced a review, while demanding that the Palestinian Authority return $50 million it got last year to improve infrastructure, but that has gone almost entirely unspent for that purpose, after Israel pulled out of Gaza.