Hegemonic powers behind labeling Hezbollah terrorist body: Iran

A senior Iranian official says hegemonic powers and reactionary countries in the Middle East are behind the branding of Lebanon’s resistance movement, Hezbollah, as a terrorist organization by some Arab states.

According to Press TV, in a meeting with Syrian ulema in Tehran on Saturday, Ali Akbar Velayati, a senior adviser to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, said Muslims and Arabs are proud of Hezbollah.

“While intellectual affiliation and origin of regional extremists, terrorists and Takfiris are quite obvious, we are witnessing that [in a move] led by certain colonial powers and supported by some regional reactionary regime, Hezbollah, which is the symbol of resistance and a source of honor for the Muslim and Arab world, is introduced a terrorist group,” Velayati said.

He emphasized that all enemies’ plots would be thwarted in the region.

Velayati further said that terrorist and extremist groups are not confined to the region, stressing that they can also jeopardize stability and peace of all world countries, including their supporters.

He warned of enemies’ plots to create chaos and discord in the Muslim world and added that Iran has always made efforts to help maintain unity among Shia and Sunni Muslims.

Pointing to the latest developments in Syria, the Leader’s adviser said only the Syrian people must make a decision about their country’s future without any foreign interference.

He expressed hope that the Syrian nation and government would emerge victorious.

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