Blacklists Hezbollah Under U.S., Zionist Pressure:
TEHRAN (Kayhan Intl.) -- Iran has slammed Germany’s blacklisting of Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement, saying it would face consequences for its decision to give in to Israeli and U.S. pressure.
Germany branded Hezbollah a "Shia terrorist organization” Thursday, with dozens of police and special forces storming mosques and associations across the country alleged linked to the resistance movement.
Police raided four mosque associations in Dortmund and Muenster in the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Bremen and Berlin, along with private homes of alleged Hezbollah members.
In a statement, Iran’s foreign ministry said the ban ignores "realities in West Asia”. The Islamic Republic said the move was based solely on the goals of the "propaganda machine of the Zionists and America’s confused regime”.
It "strongly” condemned the decision it said showed "complete disrespect to the government and nation of Lebanon, as Hezbollah is a formal and legitimate part of the country’s government and parliament”.
Iran said Hezbollah had a "key role in fighting Daesh’s terrorism in the region”.
"The German government must face the negative consequences of its decision in the fight against real terrorist groups in the region,” it added.
Hezbollah was established in 1982 during the Lebanese civil war and fought a 2006 war with the occupying regime of Israel.
Syria and Yemen joined Iran in condemning the move, saying Germany has complied with the dictates of the U.S. and the occupying regime of Israel to ban the resistance movement.
"The Syrian Arab Republic condemns Berlin’s blacklisting of Hezbollah with utmost vigor,” a Syrian Foreign Ministry source told state news agency SANA.
The source said the blacklisting was a "medal of honor” which effectively acknowledged Hezbollah’s prominent role in countering Zionist and Western plots in the region.
The source said the move clearly demonstrated Germany’s submission to "world Zionism” and the country’s continued lack of sovereignty and independence ever since the end of World War II.
The Zionist regime and the United States had been pushing Berlin to ban the resistance movement which is credited with helping defeat the most violent Takfiri and other terrorist groups in Syria and driving out Israeli troops from southern Lebanon.
The resistance movement’s popularity for shattering Israel’s myth of invincibility among the Arab public opinion has worried Israel and the West. Its military engagement in the Syria war has also turned it into a seasoned force, forcing many Western observers to describe Hezbollah as the most powerful Arab "army”.
Last December, Germany’s parliament approved a motion urging Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government to ban all activities by Hezbollah on German soil.
It came after U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on a trip to Berlin last year that he hoped
Germany would follow Britain in banning Hezbollah.
Britain introduced legislation in
February of last year that classified Hezbollah as a terrorist organization.
Yemen’s government and the country’s popular Ansarullah resistance movement also condemned the measure as a sign of Berlin’s submission to Washington and Tel Aviv. "This unjust decision by Germany took place in compliance with US and Israeli dictates targeting the group,” Yemen’s Information Minister and Government spokesperson Dhaifallah al-Shami said, according to the Saba news agency. Ansarullah’s political bureau published a statement saying that "Germany’s decision has fulfilled U.S. and Israeli wishes in normalizing Zionism and opposing the free nations which seek to resist global tyranny and arrogance”. Ansarullah has been battling a five-year Saudi Yemen war, heavily supported by Western states such as Germany. The popular group reiterated its support for Hezbollah and urged Arab and Muslim countries to reject Berlin’s decision. Germany has long been known for its controversial support for terrorists and oppressive forces in the region, most recently facilitating terrorist presence in foreign-backed terrorism in Syria and Iraq. It is responsible along with other European states for allowing extremists from across Europe to join Daesh in 2014 with the aim of toppling the Syrian government. The German government has also been accused of helping the U.S. assassinate Iran’s top anti-terror commander General Qassem Soleimani earlier this year. Berlin has been a longtime backer of the occupying regime of Israel, providing billions of dollars in aid enabling the occupation of Palestine in the name of reparations for Jewish persecution by the Nazi Germany. Also during the 1980-1988 imposed war against Iran, Germany was among the countries providing Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein with blueprints and material needed to build chemical weapons used indiscriminately against Iranian civilians and troops. Germany has been a longtime safe haven and supporter of the terrorist Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO) which has killed thousands of innocent Iranians. On Thursday, the Zionist regime was effusive in its praise of Germany, with the regime’s foreign minister Israel Katz hailing the blacklisting as a "very important decision”. "I call on other European countries as well as the European Union to do the same,” Katz said in a statement.
The occupying regime’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu also welcomed the decision. "All peace-loving countries should reject terrorist organizations and provide them with no direct or indirect assistance,” he said.
Police raided four mosque associations in Dortmund and Muenster in the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Bremen and Berlin, along with private homes of alleged Hezbollah members.
In a statement, Iran’s foreign ministry said the ban ignores "realities in West Asia”. The Islamic Republic said the move was based solely on the goals of the "propaganda machine of the Zionists and America’s confused regime”.
It "strongly” condemned the decision it said showed "complete disrespect to the government and nation of Lebanon, as Hezbollah is a formal and legitimate part of the country’s government and parliament”.
Iran said Hezbollah had a "key role in fighting Daesh’s terrorism in the region”.
"The German government must face the negative consequences of its decision in the fight against real terrorist groups in the region,” it added.
Hezbollah was established in 1982 during the Lebanese civil war and fought a 2006 war with the occupying regime of Israel.
Syria and Yemen joined Iran in condemning the move, saying Germany has complied with the dictates of the U.S. and the occupying regime of Israel to ban the resistance movement.
"The Syrian Arab Republic condemns Berlin’s blacklisting of Hezbollah with utmost vigor,” a Syrian Foreign Ministry source told state news agency SANA.
The source said the blacklisting was a "medal of honor” which effectively acknowledged Hezbollah’s prominent role in countering Zionist and Western plots in the region.
The source said the move clearly demonstrated Germany’s submission to "world Zionism” and the country’s continued lack of sovereignty and independence ever since the end of World War II.
The Zionist regime and the United States had been pushing Berlin to ban the resistance movement which is credited with helping defeat the most violent Takfiri and other terrorist groups in Syria and driving out Israeli troops from southern Lebanon.
The resistance movement’s popularity for shattering Israel’s myth of invincibility among the Arab public opinion has worried Israel and the West. Its military engagement in the Syria war has also turned it into a seasoned force, forcing many Western observers to describe Hezbollah as the most powerful Arab "army”.
Last December, Germany’s parliament approved a motion urging Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government to ban all activities by Hezbollah on German soil.
It came after U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on a trip to Berlin last year that he hoped
Germany would follow Britain in banning Hezbollah.
Britain introduced legislation in
February of last year that classified Hezbollah as a terrorist organization.
Yemen’s government and the country’s popular Ansarullah resistance movement also condemned the measure as a sign of Berlin’s submission to Washington and Tel Aviv. "This unjust decision by Germany took place in compliance with US and Israeli dictates targeting the group,” Yemen’s Information Minister and Government spokesperson Dhaifallah al-Shami said, according to the Saba news agency. Ansarullah’s political bureau published a statement saying that "Germany’s decision has fulfilled U.S. and Israeli wishes in normalizing Zionism and opposing the free nations which seek to resist global tyranny and arrogance”. Ansarullah has been battling a five-year Saudi Yemen war, heavily supported by Western states such as Germany. The popular group reiterated its support for Hezbollah and urged Arab and Muslim countries to reject Berlin’s decision. Germany has long been known for its controversial support for terrorists and oppressive forces in the region, most recently facilitating terrorist presence in foreign-backed terrorism in Syria and Iraq. It is responsible along with other European states for allowing extremists from across Europe to join Daesh in 2014 with the aim of toppling the Syrian government. The German government has also been accused of helping the U.S. assassinate Iran’s top anti-terror commander General Qassem Soleimani earlier this year. Berlin has been a longtime backer of the occupying regime of Israel, providing billions of dollars in aid enabling the occupation of Palestine in the name of reparations for Jewish persecution by the Nazi Germany. Also during the 1980-1988 imposed war against Iran, Germany was among the countries providing Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein with blueprints and material needed to build chemical weapons used indiscriminately against Iranian civilians and troops. Germany has been a longtime safe haven and supporter of the terrorist Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO) which has killed thousands of innocent Iranians. On Thursday, the Zionist regime was effusive in its praise of Germany, with the regime’s foreign minister Israel Katz hailing the blacklisting as a "very important decision”. "I call on other European countries as well as the European Union to do the same,” Katz said in a statement.
The occupying regime’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu also welcomed the decision. "All peace-loving countries should reject terrorist organizations and provide them with no direct or indirect assistance,” he said.
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