Abbas remarks about Iran are lies: Hamas FM http://www.mehrnews.com/en/newsdetail.aspx?NewsID=1295782

The foreign minister of Palestine’s democratically elected government has said Acting Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s accusations about Iranian meddling are completely baseless.In an interview conducted by the Fars News Agency in Gaza on Saturday, Hamas government Foreign Minister Mohamed Awad said the statements made by Mahmoud Abbas, in which he claimed Iran has been interfering in the Palestinian national reconciliation process, are baseless and incorrect.

“The Hamas government in Palestine is always independent in its decisions and no external entity can exercise influence on this democratically elected government,” Awad noted.He added,

“If Abbas is seeking to achieve reconciliation, he must first break with Tel Aviv and Washington, because they only want an internal chasm between Palestinians.  “Hamas has always tried to strengthen the diplomacy of resistance in the region, and based on this, it has committed itself to (establishing) close ties with various regional powers that pursue the same line of diplomacy. “Iran is also a major component in the regional resistance front against the West and the Zionists, so Hamas wants to strengthen relations with Iran.”