Iran said in April it would donate $50 million to help make up a shortfall left when the West cut off aid to the government led by the Palestinian Islamic group, which seeks to destroy Israel.

”Iran has so far given $120 million to the Palestinain government and they have told us that they will provide more financial help,” Zahar told reporters in Teheran after talks.

Iran’s Islamic government has never recognised Israel and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad peppers his speeches with anti-Israel remarks. Last year, he called for Israel to be ”wiped off the map”.