Iran–Palestine relations

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The Islamic Republic of Iran officially recognises Palestine as a state. Ali Khamenei, the former Supreme Leader of Iran, rejected a two-state solution and implied that Palestine is inseparable, while Iran's former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called for a free referendum for the entire Palestinian population, including Arab citizens of Israel, to determine the type of government in the future Palestinian State, while reiterating that establishment of a Palestinian State alongside Israel would "never mean an endorsement of the Israeli occupation". Prior to the 1979 Iranian Revolution, the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) held close ties with Iranian opposition groups. Following the revolution, Iran ended its alliance with Israel and started supporting the Palestinians, symbolized by turning over the Israeli embassy in Tehran to the PLO.

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This article covers Iran's diplomatic relations with the Palestinian territories, including Iran's ties to Hamas since it took power in Gaza. Through 2010 the opening described Hamas is a militant and political organization currently in power in the Gaza Strip. Today the opening discusses statements by Khamenei and Ahmadinejad on Palestine without characterizing Hamas at all, though militant survives once in the body. A reader arriving now learns what Iran's leaders have said about a Palestinian state and not what the opening itself once called the organization Iran backs in Gaza.

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