 The group is funded by Iran, but these funds are reportedly insufficient and the leadership struggles to pay salaries to group members.In 2018 Ziyad al-Nakhalah was appointed leader of PIJ after his predecessor resigned due to bad health.Iran had put pressure on PIJ not to appoint Mohammed al-Hindi as Nakhalah's second-in-command because he wanted the group to form ties with more parties such as Turkey, Qatar and Egypt.