Iran’s Basij Slams EU Decision: Hizbullah to Remain Pioneer of Muslim World Resistance

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Iran's Basij [volunteer] Force in a statement on Wednesday deplored the European Union's decision to list the so-called military wing of the Lebanese Hizbullah resistance as a terrorist organization, reiterating that Hizbullah will remain the pioneer of resistance in the Muslim world.

"Placing Hizbullah's name in the EU's terror list doesn't decrease its value and Hizbullah has and will remain a noble movement and the front line of resistance in the Muslim world against the Zionist regime's expansionism and aggressions," Iran's Basij force said in its statement.

In parallel, the statement blasted the West for its double-standard stances on terrorism, and said the EU should have condemned the terrorist "Israelis", criminal extremists in Syria or, at least, the massacre of tens of thousands of Muslims in Myanmar instead of the defenders of freedom and human dignity.

The Iranian foreign ministry also deplored the European Union's measure against Hizbullah, calling it a "completely undigested and highly surprising act".

"Hizbullah is part of Lebanon's political structure which is present in the country's political and social arenas and is respected and accepted by the Lebanese, regional and the Muslim world people," Foreign Ministry Spokesman Sayyed Abbas Araqchi said in his weekly press conference in Tehran .

EU governments on Monday agreed to list the armed wing of Hizbullah as a terrorist group.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team