Abbas aide Jibril Rajoub on official visit to Tehran

Arriving in Tehran Monday night, Jibril Rajib, prominent Fatah official and aide to Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, was received at the Iranian Foreign Ministry Tuesday by senior officials. They discussed a range of Middle East topics “especially regarding the Palestinian issue.”  This is the first time in many years that a Palestinian Authority official from Ramallah has been received in Tehran. Rajoub arrived from a visit to Oman.