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Source: https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2021/11/pflp-boasts-about-its-ties-to-iran.php
PFLP Boasts about Its Ties to Iran
(Long War Journal-FDD) Joe Truzman - In a recent interview, Abu Jamal, a spokesperson for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, boasted: "We and the Islamic Republic [of Iran] fought the Zionist enemy in Lebanon and we also fought them in Gaza and the West Bank." Jamal referred to Iran's Revolutionary Guards as "blood brothers" and "comrades" who shared a "common destiny" in defeating Israel. Iranian military and financial support to the group has been continuous since 2013 and a PFLP delegation met with President Ibrahim Raisi after his swearing-in ceremony in August. After the May 2021 Gaza-Israel conflict, the PFLP held a military parade where its fighters displayed pictures of former Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani.