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    Iran rejects Palestinian accusations of bombing campaign "plot"

    TEHRAN, Feb 4 (AFP) - Iran strongly denied Thursday Palestinian Authority accusations that it is organising a wave of suicide bombings against Israeli targets to favour the re-election of hardline Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

    The Iranian foreign ministry "strongly rejected" claims made by the Palestinian police that Iranians were planning a wave of suicide bombings in cooperation with the Palestinian militant group Hamas.

    "Palestinian authorities are making such remarks to justify their services to the Zionists and their suppression of Palestinian resistance groups," said foreign ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi.

    "The Islamic Republic's point of view is that all factions and parties in the Zionist regime are part of the same entity, and their aim is to violate the rights of Muslims and especially Palestinians," he told the official Iranian news agency IRNA.

    "We advise Palestinian Authority officials to rely on the support of the Palestinian people instead of pinning their hopes on Zionist political games," he said.

    Palestinian police chief Ghazi Al-Jabali said late Wednesday that Palestinian security forces "confirmed the arrival of 35 million dollars from Iranian intelligence services," as part of 130 million dollars destined to finance bombings to be carried out by the Ezzedin al-Kassam brigade, the military wing of Hamas.

    He said the Palestinian Authority had received "corroborating information from US, Western and Arab (intelligence) services about an Iranian plot aimed at influencing the Israeli elections (in May) in favour of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu."

    Iran is hostile to the Middle East peace process, which it says is grossly in favour of Israeli interests, while Iranian leaders have repeatedly denounced Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat for his "betrayal" of the Palestinian cause.

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