Iran pledges $70 million in aid to Palestinian Islamic Jihad

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Iran will be renewing financial support to the Gaza-based group Palestinian Islamic Jihad after two years of strained relations, the Arabic-language London newspaper a-Sharq al-Awsat reported Wednesday.

The move comes a month after a delegation of Islamic Jihad officials, headed by leader Ramadan Shalah, visited Iran.

The delegation praised Iran for its support of the "Palestinian intifada" while meeting with senior government officials, including Qassem Suleimani, the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' elite Quds Force.

Iran viewed this declaration as a new pledge of allegiance to the Islamic Republic, sources close to Islamic Jihad told a-Sharq.

The Revolutionary Guard Corps will reportedly transfer $70 million in financial aid to Islamic Jihad's armed wing, the Quds Brigade, as well as organize a leadership restructuring.

Khaled Mansour, a senior Islamic Jihad commander with close ties to the Iranian government, has been appointed as the brigade's new leader.

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