Iran Warns Germany On Hazbollah – Burning Issues – Free PDF Download

BASICS

•  Hezbollah is a Shiite Muslim political party and militant group based in Lebanon, where its extensive security apparatus, political organization, and social services network fostered its reputation as “a state within a state.” Founded in the chaos of the fifteen-year Lebanese Civil War, the Iran-backed group is driven by its opposition to Israel and its resistance to Western influence in the Middle East.

DETAILS

• Hezbollah was largely formed with the aid of the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini’s followers in the early 1980s According to “The Hizballah Program” the principles of its ideology are – It listed the Ayatollah Khomeini as the leader whose “orders we obey”; called on Christians to “open your hearts to our call” and “embrace Islam” and noted that “Allah has … made it intolerable for Muslims to participate in … a regime which is not predicated upon … the Sharia”; explained that Israel is “the vanguard of the United States in our Islamic world”. (source – An Open Letter The Hizballah Program)

GERMANY’S LATEST ACTION

•  German authorities designated Hezbollah a “Shiite terrorist organization” and banned its activity on German soil Police conducted four raids linked to the Islamist group.

ANGRY IRAN

•  Iranian government spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi “vehemently condemned” the move in a statement published
• The foreign ministry described it as a “measure serving the objectives of the US and the Zionist regime of Israel,”

WHY DID GERMANY BAN HEZBOLLAH?

•  “Hezbollah openly calls for the violent elimination of the State of Israel and questions the right of the State of Israel to exist,” the German interior ministry said
•  The US and Israel have long designated Hezbollah as a terrorist organization. They have both welcomed the move.

OTHER POSSIBLE REASONS FOR THE BAN

•  Recently Iran broke 2015 UN resolution on not testing nuclear warhead capable rockets by launching a military satellite

CHINA AND RUSSIA ON HEZBOLLAH

• The People’s Republic of China remains neutral, and maintains contacts with Hezbollah. Considers Hezbollah a legitimate sociopolitical organization.

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