 Iran had expected PIJ to condemn the intervention led by Saudi Arabia, Iran's chief regional rival.Palestinian newspaper "al-Quds" reported that Iran is now supporting an offshoot of PIJ called as-Sabirin (Arabic for "the patient ones"), headed by Islamic Jihad veteran Hisham Salem.Under the former leadership of Ramadan Shalah, the group would receive approximately US$70 million per year from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran.