Muslim Solidarity Quotes
The Ayatollah was the Spiritual Leader of Hezbollah, one of the largest terrorist organization in the world at the time. He was even a strong supporter of suicide bombers killing civilians. Unlike many other terrorists, he also supported government economic action.
Later he threatened the Pope with Assassination. See {615446}.
Iran also provided the Hezbollah terrorists with money and weapons including rockets with which they terrorized Northern Israel.
This is one of the first examples of a Muslim organization “playing the Palestinian card” in the hope of helping itself and second, the Palestinians. Note the explicit concern of a Western “base” which is how they perceived Jewish emigration from Europe to Palestine,