Iran has been supplying Palestinian terrorist groups in the Gaza Strip with weapons and technology for over two decades as part of former Quds Force Commander Qasem Soleimani's plans to tighten the Islamic republic's hold on the Middle East, Iranian media reported on Wednesday.
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As part of a series of items marking the second anniversary of Soleimani's death, the Tasnim news agency delved into the "untold story" of how the Islamic republic supports Palestinian terrorist groups.
According to the report, the Quds Force – Iran's elite extraterritorial black-ops arm - worked for over 20 years to make Iran the "most relevant [sponsor] to different groups in Palestine."
Soleimani's strategy was to "work closely with all these groups, regardless of their religious or political taste" with the aim of "bolstering the resistance against the Zionist regime in Palestine."
One of the groups that received Iranian support was the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Tasnim reported.
The news agency also interviewed the son of Ahmed Jabril, who was reportedly a "former Palestinian militant" and supporter of President Bashar Assad's regime in Syria's civil war.
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Khalid Jabril, who is currently the deputy secretary-general of the Assad front, spoke about Soleimani's role in supporting Palestinians.
"This great martyr chose a process in his life that transformed him from a simple builder to an international commander," he said. Soleimani "made a great effort to support the Palestinian resistance groups.
Soleimani's goal was to "strike such a balance between the Palestinian resistance and them [Israel]," he explained.
i24NEWS contributed to this report.
