Azerbaijan, Baku, April 28 /Trend, T.Cafarov/
Although Iran has assessed as a positive step the agreement signed between Palestinian movements Fatah and Hamas on national reconciliation and establishment of national government, the head of Iran-Arab Research Center said in an interview with Trend that the agreement will not coincide with the interests of Iran.
The head of Iran-Arab Research Center, expert of Iranian nationality Ali Reza Nourizadeh, who functions in London, believes that the agreement signed between Palestinian movements Fatah and Hamas on national reconciliation and establishment of national government will not coincide with the interests of Iran. "Iran has been trying to create contradictions between these two movements for long years, supported Hamas and damaged Fatah," Nourizadeh told Trend.
Palestinian rival factions Hamas and Fatah agreed on Wednesday to form an interim government in the lead-up to elections, in a reconciliation deal mediated by Egyptian intelligence. Relations between the Palestinian groups disintegrated after Hamas won legislative elections in 2006 and took control of the Gaza Strip the following year, limiting Fatah's control to the West Bank territories.
The Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi has positively assessed the agreement and thanked the Egyptian government for organizing this.
During former president Hosni Mubarak's term, in 2009 Egypt also mediated between the two organizations, but then the Iranian officials opposed against the agreement signed between Hamas and Fatah.
Nourizadeh believes that the unrests occurring in Syria, who supported Hamas, forced Hamas to sign an agreement with Fatah.
"Currently Hamas survives a difficult period and national reconciliation is very important for it. Aggravation in the situation in Syria and the processes in the region make Hamas interested in national reconciliation and signing agreement with Fatah," said Nourizadeh.
Anti-governmental protests have been conducted in Syria since March 18. The sharp interference of Syrian security forces in the protests has killed 112 people over the last 48 hours. Totally 500 people have been killed during the events.
Nourizadeh said that Iran has not been interested in cooperation between Hamas and Fatah and prevented it, supporting Hamas. "Mediated by Egypt, the negotiations between Hamas and Fatah in 2009 have not yielded any results after former Hamas minister Mahmoud Zahhar visited Iran," Nourizadeh said.
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