UNDERSECRETARY OF THE IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY MEHDI MUSTAFAWI HAS CRITICIZED THE NEW GOVERNMENT FORMED UNDER THE DIRECTIVES OF PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT MAHMOUD ABBAS, AND SAID THIS DEVELOPMENT RUNS COUNTER TO THE DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES AND NORMS. IN A STATEMENT CARRIED BY MEHR NEWS AGENCY, MUSTAFAWI SAID SUCH A DEVELOPMENT WILL FURTHER AGGRAVATE THE DETERIORATING SITUATION IN THE OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES. UNDERSCORING THE IMPORTANCE OF RESORTING TO A CONSTRUCTIVE DIALOGUE WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF ISMA'IL HANEYA, MUSTAFAWI SAID ANY MEASURE TO UNDERMINE HANEYA'S GOVERNMENT WILL NEVER SERVE THE INTERESTS OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE. MUSTAFAWI SAID FORMATION OF A NEW GOVERNMENT BESIDES THE GOVERNMENT OF HANEYA WILL COME IN LINE WITH THE COVETOUSNESS OF THE ZIONIST ENTITY . IT IS HOPED THAT EFFORTS WILL FOCUS ON SUPPORTING THE GOVERNMENT OF HANEYA, HE SAID NOTING THAT WIDENING GAP BETWEEN THE PALESTINIAN PARTIES WILL SERVE THE INTERESTS OF THE FORCES THAT ARE IN ALIGNMENT WITH ISRAEL.
