Here's A Shocker!

Iran is going to give Hamas the hookup!

A senior Iranian official pledged Wednesday to provide financial support to a Hamas-controlled Palestinian Authority, already in budgetary difficulties and facing further cuts in international aid.

'We will definitely help this government financially in order to resist America's cruelty,' said Ali Larijani, secretary of the Supreme National Security Council.

He spoke in Tehran after meeting with Hamas's senior political leader, Khaled Meshal, but he provided no details or figures about what kind or level of support Iran would provide.

Israel has already blocked $50 million a month in customs and tax receipts due to the Palestinian Authority, leaving it with a monthly budget deficit of about $110 million. Tehran already helps to finance Hamas, according to officials in Washington and Tel Aviv, although the Iranians deny it.