y, on the thirty third anniversary of the Iranian revolution, Hamas' Prime Minister in Gaza paid a visit to Tehran and met with the Iranian leader, Ayatollah Khamenehi. Given the rumors and reports of tensions between Iran and EFTA_R1_00296217 EFTA01882553 Hamas over the Syrian crisis, Ismail Haniyeh's official

t revealed how concerned Tehran is with a changing Hamas in the wake of the "Arab Spring". In the meeting between Haniyeh and the Iranian leader, Ayatollah Khamenehi warned him that "compromisers' infiltration into a resistance organization would gradually weaken it". He reminded Haniyeh that a once very popular

y, on the thirty third anniversary of the Iranian revolution, Hamas' Prime Minister in Gaza paid a visit to Tehran and met with the Iranian leader, Ayatollah Khamenehi. Given the rumors and reports of tensions between Iran and Hamas over the Syrian crisis, Ismail Haniyeh's official trip was important and timely fo